title: VATER/VACTERL syndrome (vertebra/anus/cardiac/trachea/esophogus/radius/renal/limb anomalies) with a noncommunicating functioning uterine horn and a unicornuate uterus: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the presentation and outcome of a patient with an unusual association of VATER/VACTERL syndrome (vertebra/anus/cardiac/trachea/esophogus/radius/renal/limb) and noncommunicating functioning uterine horn and a unicornuate uterus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A foundation trust in the United Kingdom. MATERIALS AND METHOD(S): A patient known to have VATER/VACTERL syndrome was diagnosed with a hematometra of a noncommunicating uterine horn and hematosalpinx. She underwent multidisciplinary surgery to remove the functioning uterine horn, after which she had a full recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case documents the association of VATER/VACTERL syndrome with a unicornuate uterus and noncommunicating horn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom. npnunes@gmail.com
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Sharad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karandikar
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaganathan
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irani
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D013577:Syndrome; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*