CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF UTERUS

Congenital Absence of the Uterus

' Complete absence of the uterus, if it ever occurs, is extremely rare, and most cases recorded as such have probably been instances of pseudohermaphroditism ' (Eden and Lockyer, 1935). The case described below is of interest in connection with the statement quoted above. ^ A young woman, aged 23 years, sought advice at the out-patient department of this hospital for amenorrhcea. She had never ...

Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Coronary Artery

Congenital absence of left circumflex artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries. The prevalence of the anomaly in different studies ranges from 0.6% to 1.3%. Of these, 80% are benign and asymptomatic and 20% are clinically important. We report a 56-year-old man presented with acute resting chest pain who was diagnosed as having acute anterolateral infarction accompanied by el...

Entire Absence of the Uterus

Clinical Implications of Congenital Absence of Circumflex Coronary Artery

Introduction: Coronary artery anomalies are rare clinical entities reported in 0.6% to 5.6% of diagnostic coronary angiographies. Anomalous origins of coronary arteries from distal segments are rarely reported. Presented herein is a coronary anomaly in which the circumflex artery (CX) originated as a continuation of the posterolateral branch of the right coronary artery (RCA) w...

CFTR Mutations in Congenital Absence of Vas Deferens

A qualitative diagnosis of infertility requires attention to female and male physical abnormalities, endocrine anomalies and genetic conditions that interfere with reproduction. Many genes are likely to be involved in the complex process of reproduction. Cystic fibrosis (CF) incidence varies in different White people populations (a higher incidence of CF is observed in northern–western European...