Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal (Jan 2021)

Incidental intra-operative finding of a rare uterine fusion abnormality in a primigravida with breech presentation at term: A case report

  • Azuka Chinweokwu Ezeike,
  • Idris Mohammed Liman,
  • Rukayya Muhammad Babandi,
  • Elizabeth Obebhatein Austin-Amadi,
  • Hafsa Aminu Dantata,
  • Felix Ugo Ubani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/npmj.npmj_561_21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 145 – 147

Abstract

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Uterine malformations are often asymptomatic but can be associated with a wide range of reproductive problems. We report a case of uterine fusion defect diagnosed intra-operatively in a 20-year-old primigravida who had elective caesarean section at term on account of breech presentation at term. Intraoperative findings included a cone-shaped uterus with narrowed fundus and the appendages emerging at the fundus and lower uterine segment on the right and left respectively. This is a rare fusion defect and makes a case for review of the existing uterine malformation classification systems, to make it all encompassing.

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