Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 6. fairly normal labor result in a living child, but in that class ofcases which is met with not uncommonly, namely, those whichbecome pregnant in a rudimentary horn, seldom, if ever, cango to term, since the muscular development is as immatureas the parts are morphologically incorrect. As Williams (45)says, unless there is free communication between the two horns,which is but rarely the case, a pregnancy in this situation is avery serious occurrence, since normal delivery is impossible. Ifthe m
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 6. fairly normal labor result in a living child, but in that class ofcases which is met with not uncommonly, namely, those whichbecome pregnant in a rudimentary horn, seldom, if ever, cango to term, since the muscular development is as immatureas the parts are morphologically incorrect. As Williams (45)says, unless there is free communication between the two horns,which is but rarely the case, a pregnancy in this situation is avery serious occurrence, since normal delivery is impossible. Ifthe muscular tissue of the rudimentary horn is poorly developed, 360 H . E L L I N G T O N YATES,. Fig. 8. UTERUS SEPTUS. 361 as is usually the case, spontaneous rupture occurs within thefirst four months and may lead to the death of the patient fromintraperitoneal hemorrhage. Recognition of this kind of anomaly during pregnancy isscarcely ever possible unless the patient is seen early. Diagnosisof pregnancy is made difficult in all forms of double uteri, com-plete or otherwise, because of the accompanying hypertrophy ofthat portion not involved. PiTfnant j-i/l months
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