title: Unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the effects of unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn on reproductive function and analyze the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was based in the gynecological unit of a city based Medical Center in Mainland China. Twenty-two cases of this anomaly were selected from a group of 130 cases of uterine abnormalities and were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This kind of anomaly can cause hematometra and endometriosis leading to acute abdominal pain, infertility, rupture of pregnant rudimentary horn and obstetrical complications with pregnant semi-uterus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rudimentary horn should be removed if detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing University Medical School, Gu-lou Hospital, China.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006409:Hematometra / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000209:etiology; D012098:Reproduction; D012189:Retrospective Studies