Bicornuate uterus: A rare case of a viable full term pregnancy in the right uterine horn

Teddy Ikhuoriah; David Oboh; Chiya Abramowitz; Yakubmiyer Musheyev

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2023.03.014

Bicornuate uterus: A rare case of a viable full term pregnancy in the right uterine horn

Radiol Case Rep. 2023 Apr 5;18(6):2107-2111. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.03.014. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Teddy Ikhuoriah¹, David Oboh², Chiya Abramowitz¹, Yakubmiyer Musheyev¹

Affiliations

¹ New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, 101 Northern Blvd, Glen Head, NY, 11545 USA.
² Department of Medical Imaging, Prince Faisal Bin Khalid Cardiac Center (PFKCC), Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Bicornuate uterus is a rare congenital uterine malformation and structural abnormality that affects less than 05 % of women in the United States. Resulting pregnancies are rarely carried to term and commonly result in fetal abnormalities and complications such as decreased fertility and risks of complicated pregnancies such as spontaneous abortion and miscarriages, IUGR, preterm delivery, cervical incompetence, and fetal malpresentations. This report highlights a case in which a 32-year-old patient with a bicornis bicollis uterus who had a viable pregnancy in one of the uterine horns later delivered a live male neonate at term without complications via spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD). The study underscores the importance of using the imaging modalities of ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and hysterosalpingograms to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring throughout the duration of the pregnancy.

Keywords: Bicornuate Uterus; Genitourinary; HSG; MRI; Pregnancy; malformation.

Publication types

Case Reports