title: Presentation of a müllerian anomaly with outflow obstruction after tubal ligation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual presentation of a patient with unicornuate uterus and a noncommunicating functional rudimentary horn and discuss related patient management issues.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 27-year-old woman who presented with cyclic abdominal pain after a postpartum tubal ligation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnostic studies followed by a laparotomy and resection of the rudimentary horn.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resolution of patient's symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with a unicornuate uterus and a rudimentary horn recognized for the first time during a tubal ligation require individualized management depending in part on the precise nature of the horn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Rochester, New York,USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robischon
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Baram
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Phipps
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000009:adverse effects; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*