Evaluation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Diagnosis of Uterus didelphys with Unilateral Imperforate Vagina – Report of 3 Cases with Literature Review

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Uterus didelphys associated with unilateral imperforate vagina is a rare congenital anomaly. Clinically the patients present with nonspecific symptoms, an accurate and whenever possible noninvasive diagnosis is of utmost importance to permit corrective treatment and as little mutilation as possible, and to assure the future fertility of the patient [1, 2]. We report 3 cases and discuss the use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as a very reliable diagnostic tool in such cases. By characters of MRI, the congenital malformation was detected for these cases and appropriate treatment was implemented.

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