Chronic Retained Products of Conception Masked by Müllerian Duct Anomaly: The Diagnostic Value of Hysteroscopy
- 1Department of OBG, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
Müllerian duct anomalies are congenital uterine malformations that may present with pelvic pain, menstrual irregularities, or infertility. However, acquired intrauterine pathologies can occasionally mimic congenital anomalies on imaging, leading to diagnostic confusion. We report a rare case of a 24-year-old woman presenting with chronic pelvic pain and 3 months of amenorrhea, in whom pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested a Müllerian duct anomaly with abnormal uterine vascularity. Notably, MRI demonstrated a hypointense septum-like structure within the uterine cavity, associated with fundal T2 hyperintense lesion and serpentine myometrial flow voids. Contrary to radiological findings, intraoperative diagnostic hysteroscopy revealed cervical adhesions and chronic retained products of conception (RPOC) with fundal intrauterine adhesions, without evidence of any Müllerian duct anomaly. Adhesiolysis and removal of retained tissue restored near-normal uterine cavity anatomy. This case highlights the potential for chronic RPOC to masquerade as congenital uterine anomalies on MRI and emphasizes hysteroscopy as the definitive diagnostic and therapeutic modality when imaging findings are inconclusive or discordant with clinical presentation.
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BibTeX
@article{suryarao2026chronic,
title = {{Chronic Retained Products of Conception Masked by Müllerian Duct Anomaly: The Diagnostic Value of Hysteroscopy}},
author = {Prashant Suryarao and Komal Chaudhary},
journal = {Annals of African Medicine},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.4103/aam.aam_26_26},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_26_26},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Chronic Retained Products of Conception Masked by Müllerian Duct Anomaly: The Diagnostic Value of Hysteroscopy
AU - Prashant Suryarao
AU - Komal Chaudhary
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/25
JO - Annals of African Medicine
DO - 10.4103/aam.aam_26_26
UR - https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_26_26
AB - Müllerian duct anomalies are congenital uterine malformations that may present with pelvic pain, menstrual irregularities, or infertility. However, acquired intrauterine pathologies can occasionally mimic congenital anomalies on imaging, leading to diagnostic confusion. We report a rare case of a 24-year-old woman presenting with chronic pelvic pain and 3 months of amenorrhea, in whom pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested a Müllerian duct anomaly with abnormal uterine vascularity. Notably, MRI demonstrated a hypointense septum-like structure within the uterine cavity, associated with fundal T2 hyperintense lesion and serpentine myometrial flow voids. Contrary to radiological findings, intraoperative diagnostic hysteroscopy revealed cervical adhesions and chronic retained products of conception (RPOC) with fundal intrauterine adhesions, without evidence of any Müllerian duct anomaly. Adhesiolysis and removal of retained tissue restored near-normal uterine cavity anatomy. This case highlights the potential for chronic RPOC to masquerade as congenital uterine anomalies on MRI and emphasizes hysteroscopy as the definitive diagnostic and therapeutic modality when imaging findings are inconclusive or discordant with clinical presentation.
SN - 1596-3519
SN - 0975-5764
ER -