Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Obstructed Hemivagina and Ipsilateral Renal Agenesis (OHVIRA) Syndrome

Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Apr 4;59(4):703. doi: 10.3390/medicina59040703.

Abstract

Background: Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA) syndrome, also known as Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome, is a rare syndrome characterized by the triad of uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. Most cases of OHVIRA have been reported in adolescents or adults. Gartner duct cysts, including those manifesting as vaginal wall cysts, are also rare. Fetal OHVIRA syndrome and Gartner duct cysts are difficult to diagnose. Case Presentation: Here, the authors report a case of combined OHVIRA and Gartner duct cyst diagnosed prenatally by ultrasonography, along with a brief review of the relevant published reports. A 30-year-old nulliparous female was referred to our institution at 32 weeks' gestation for fetal right kidney agenesis. Detailed ultrasonographic examinations using 2D, 3D, and Doppler ultrasounds revealed hydrocolpometra, and uterus didelphys, with a normal anus and right kidney agenesis. Conclusions: When encountering female fetuses with ipsilateral renal agenesis or vaginal cysts, clinicians should be aware of OHVIRA syndrome and Gartner duct cysts and perform systematic ultrasonographic examinations for other genitourinary anomalies.

Keywords: Gartner duct cyst; Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome; obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis syndrome (OHVIRA); prenatal diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / diagnostic imaging
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fetus / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Kidney / abnormalities
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Vagina* / abnormalities
  • Vagina* / diagnostic imaging

Supplementary concepts

  • Hereditary renal agenesis
  • Renal Adysplasia
  • Uterine Anomalies

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.