Diseases

Bicornuate Uterus

A congenital uterine anomaly in which the UTERUS is divided into two uterine horns with a significant cleft at the uterine fundus due to partial fusion of the MULLERIAN DUCTS. Bicornuate uterus is sometimes associated with a longitudinal vaginal septum and abnormal development of renal tracts.

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Abstract

A congenital uterine anomaly in which the UTERUS is divided into two uterine horns with a significant cleft at the uterine fundus due to partial fusion of the MULLERIAN DUCTS. Bicornuate uterus is sometimes associated with a longitudinal vaginal septum and abnormal development of renal tracts.

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13 entry terms
  • Bicornuate Bicollis
  • Bicornuate Bicollis Uterus
  • Bicornuate Unicollis
  • Bicornuate Unicollis Uterus
  • Double Uterus and Longitudinal Vaginal Septum
  • Bicolli, Bicornuate
  • Bicollis Uterus, Bicornuate
  • Bicollis, Bicornuate
  • Bicornuate Bicolli
  • Unicollis Uterus, Bicornuate
  • Unicollis, Bicornuate
  • Uterus, Bicornuate Bicollis
  • Uterus, Bicornuate Unicollis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Urogenital Abnormalities (1963-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bicornuate Uterus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000093663. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000093663
  2. Bicornuate Uterus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicornuate_uterus
  3. Bicornuate Uterus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2403166