Uterine didelphys is a rare type of congenital uterine anomaly resulting from incomplete fusion of the paramesonephric ducts during embryogenesis. We report the case of a 27-year-old multiparous woman who presented with ovulation-induced dicavitary dichorionic diamniotic twins in known uterine didelphys. At 29 + 5 weeks of gestation, the patient had preterm prelabour rupture of membranes followed by threatened preterm labour in the right uterus only, which settled with tocolysis.
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April 2020
Haematogenous or direct spread of bacterial infection causing pelvic inflammatory disease of the upper female reproductive tract is uncommon. We report a diagnostically challenging case of a 41-year-old woman with a background of Stage 4 endometriosis presenting with fever, diarrhoea and abdominal pain with recent history of pyelonephritis. Initially managed for undifferentiated abdominal pain with unclear focus of infection, a broad range of investigations were undertaken.
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