Author/Authors :
Antunes, Isabel Lobo Gynaecology and Obstetrics Specialist Registrar- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal , Tomás, Cláudia Gynaecology and Obstetrics Consultant- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal , Bravo, Íris Gynaecology and Obstetrics Consultant- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal , Metello, José Luís Gynaecology and Obstetrics Consultant- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal , Quintas, Ana Gynaecology and Obstetrics Consultant- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal , Melo, Pedro Sá e Gynaecology and Obstetrics Senior Consultant - Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Abstract :
Müllerian anomalies are very common, and a frequent cause of infertility. The most used classification system until
now, proposed by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in 1988, categorizes comprehensively uterine
anomalies but fails to classify defects of the cervix or vagina. This is based on a developmental theory that postulates
that müllerian duct fusion is unidirectional, beginning caudally and extending cranially, which does not account for
isolated cervical or vaginal defects. More recently, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
has developed a consensus, which allows for independent cervical anomalies. We present a case of a 39-year-old
woman with secondary infertility, found to have a cervical duplication in an anteroposterior disposition, which puts
into question the principles of embryology formerly known, but supports the theory that development happens in a
segmentary fashion.
Keywords :
Urogenital Abnormalities , Female Infertility , Female Tract , Müllerian Anomaly