Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (Dec 2016)

Pyometra and Pregnancy with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome

  • Maria Inês Reis,
  • Ana Patrícia Vicente,
  • Joana Cominho,
  • Andrea Sousa Gomes,
  • Luísa Martins,
  • Filomena Nunes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1594304
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 12
pp. 623 – 628

Abstract

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ABSTRACT We describe a Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) patient with previous history of infertility who got pregnant without treatment and presented a pyometra in the contralateral uterus throughout the gestational period, despite multiple antibiotic treatments. Due to the uterus' congenital anomaly and the possibility of ascending infection with subsequent abortion, this pregnancy was classified as high-risk. We believe that the partial horizontal septum in the vagina may have contributed to the closure of the gravid uterus cervix, thus ensuring that the pregnancy came to term, with an uneventful vaginal delivery.

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