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*Uterine transplant - attempted.<ref>URL: [http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/]. Accessed on: 17 June 2011.</ref> | *Uterine transplant - attempted.<ref>URL: [http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/]. Accessed on: 17 June 2011.</ref> | ||
==Uterus didelphys== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Benign - though may adversely affect fertility.<ref name=pmid18155200>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taylor | first1 = E. | last2 = Gomel | first2 = V. | title = The uterus and fertility. | journal = Fertil Steril | volume = 89 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-16 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.069 | PMID = 18155200 }}</ref> | |||
*Rare - seen in < 0.3% deliveries.<ref name=pmid6019679/> | |||
*Can be thought of as ''double uterus'' - a consequence of the Muellerian ducts '''not''' fusing. | |||
Related conditions: | |||
*Arcuate uterus - fundus has a concave contour towards the uterine cavity. | |||
*Septate uterus. | |||
*Bicornuate uterus. | |||
*Uterus didelphys. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Two uteri - each have a cervix and one connect to one [[fallopian tube]]. | |||
*+/-Vaginal septum ''or'' double [[vagina]].<ref name=pmid6019679>{{Cite journal | last1 = Brown | first1 = DC. | last2 = Nelson | first2 = RF. | title = Uterus didelphys and double vagina with delivery of a normal infant from each uterus. | journal = Can Med Assoc J | volume = 96 | issue = 11 | pages = 675-7 | month = Mar | year = 1967 | doi = | PMID = 6019679 | PMC = 1936081}}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
*Non-specific - gross diagnosis. | |||
==Uterine adenomyosis== | ==Uterine adenomyosis== | ||