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DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.120283
Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome presenting with infertility: Role of MRI in diagnosis
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Abstract
Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS), characterized by uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis, is an uncommon combined Mullerian and mesonephric duct anomaly, and its presentation in adulthood is even rarer. We report here a 22-year-old female presenting with primary infertility where magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested the diagnosis of HWWS with endometriosis. In a patient of infertility with endometriosis and unilateral renal agenesis, diagnosis of HWWS should be suspected and MRI is the investigation of choice for such anomalies.
Keywords
Endometriosis - Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome - infertility - magnetic resonance imaging - mullerian anomalyPublication History
Article published online:
30 July 2021
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