title: Successful pregnancy in an adolescent woman with a communicating double uterine anomaly.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Women with communicating double uterine anomalies are at increased risk for obstetric complications, including early pregnancy loss, preterm delivery, and breech presentation. We present the pregnancy of a woman with a previously diagnosed communicating double uterine anomaly.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 18-yr-old white female with a previous diagnosis at age 11 of a communicating double uterus, double cervix, and obstructed left hemivagina was followed during the course of her pregnancy. She experienced no complications until 36 6/7 weeks, when she was found to have signs and symptoms of mild preeclampsia. The fetus was in a breech presentation and a cesarean section was performed. Two hemiuteri were identified intraoperatively. The communication was not visualized. A viable male infant was delivered without complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This patient represents only the sixth report of successful pregnancy in a woman with a Toaff type 5A communicating uterine anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614-0569, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Savitski
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*