Unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary non-communicating cavitary horn in association with VACTERL association: a rare case report

Barah Khader Alsalameh; Bassam Ghaleb Nasser Eddin; Afnan W M Jobran

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjae268

Unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary non-communicating cavitary horn in association with VACTERL association: a rare case report

J Surg Case Rep. 2024 May 2;2024(5):rjae268. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae268. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Barah Khader Alsalameh¹, Bassam Ghaleb Nasser Eddin¹, Afnan W M Jobran²

Affiliations

¹ Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Al-Ahli Hospital, Hebron, Palestine.
² Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.

Abstract

Mullerian anomalies are malformations that affect the embryological development of paramesonephric ducts and are associated with multiple urogenital defects due to shared embryology, including VACTERL association, which coexists in about one-third of these patients. We report a rare case of a unicornuate noncommunicating horn uterus with a rudimentary second horn in a known case of VACTERL association in a 16-year-old girl.

Keywords: Müllerian duct anomalies; VACTERL; case report; embryological development; unicornuate uterus.

Publication types

Case Reports