Multiple pregnancies account for 3 % of all births. The incidence of triplet pregnancy is 1 in 8,100 pregnancies. However, use of in vitro fertilization and ovulation induction has increased the incidence of multiple pregnancies. The incidence of Mullerian defects in women with recurrent miscarriage is 5–10 % [1] and the incidence in late miscarriage and preterm births is more than 25 % [1]. Th...

The OHVIRA syndrome classically occurs in the setting of uterine didelphys or more rarely, a septate uterus with incidence in various case series is 0.1-3.8%. Renal agenesis is the most commonly reported urologic anomaly. The typical patient with this rare condition usually presents after menarche with nonspecific symptoms of recurrent pelvic pain or dysmenorrhea but both of our patients had at...

The junctional structures present between the midgut cells of 3 lepidopteran caterpillars have been examined using freeze-etching, conventional staining and lanthanum tracer techniques. The bonding junction present in this type of tissue is the so-called continuous junction. Septa have only occassionally been reported in conventionally strained cross-sections of these junctions. During the pres...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in women with reproductive failure remains unclear, largely due to methodological bias. The aim of this review is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of different methodologies and estimate the prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in women with infertility and recurrent miscarriage (RM). METHODS Studies from 1950 to 2007 were ident...

Hydrometrocolpos is a rare congenital disorder consisting of cystic dilation of the vagina and uterus and accumulation of mucus secretions resulting from genital tract obstruction.1 The obstruction can be produced by imperforate hymen, transverse vaginal membrane, or some degree of vaginal atresia.2 Excessive intrauterine stimulation of the cervical mucus glands by circulating maternal estrogen...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in high-risk women is unclear, as several different diagnostic approaches have been applied to different groups of patients. This review aims to evaluate the prevalence of such anomalies in unselected populations and in women with infertility, including those undergoing IVF treatment, women with a history of miscarriage, women with infer...

The vertebrate tight junction is a critical claudin-based cell-cell junction that functions to prevent free paracellular diffusion between epithelial cells. In Drosophila, this barrier is provided by the septate junction, which, despite being ultrastructurally distinct from the vertebrate tight junction, also contains the claudin-family proteins Megatrachea and Sinuous. Here we identify a third...

OBJECTIVE To describe a unique congenital müllerian anomaly. DESIGN Case report. SETTING A university-based reproductive endocrine center. PATIENT(S) Five reproductive-age, nulligravida patients who underwent clinical, radiologic, and surgical work-up. INTERVENTION(S) Retrospective review of prior medical records and studies. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Definition of abnormal pelvic anato...

future pregnancy complications. It is worth considering whether the new classification should implement the length of the internal fundal indentation in relation to the length of the non-partitioned region of the uterus as a relative criterion for the diagnosis of uterine septum. We believe that diagnosis of uterine septum according to the ESHRE/ESGE criteria in females with lowabsolute interna...