Removal of a non-communicating horn may not affect persistence or recurrence of endometriosis: a case report.

BACKGROUND

Retrograde menstruation is thought to initiate and potentiate endometriosis in women with non-communicating uterine anomalies. The effect of removing a non-communicating uterine horn on the persistence or recurrence of endometriosis is unknown.

CASE: A 29-year-old woman with a non-communicating uterine horn and endometriosis underwent surgical removal of the non-communicating horn with cautery of the endometriosis. A laparoscopy done two years later showed endometriosis similar in stage to that found at the initial procedure.

CONCLUSION

Removal of a non-communicating uterine horn in a woman with endometriosis did not reduce the risk of persistence or recurrence of the disease.