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Duplicate uterine cervix

MedGen UID:
1864297
•Concept ID:
C2921116
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Cervical duplication
 
HPO: HP:6000414

Definition

A congenital developmental defect characterized by the presence of two cervices on the uterus. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Image-guided cervix high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning: does custom computed tomography planning for each insertion provide better conformal avoidance of organs at risk?
Davidson MT, Yuen J, D'Souza DP, Batchelar DL
Brachytherapy 2008 Jan-Mar;7(1):37-42. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.12.003. PMID: 18299111
The diagnosis and reproductive outcome after surgical treatment of the complete septate uterus, duplicated cervix and vaginal septum.
Patton PE, Novy MJ, Lee DM, Hickok LR
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004 Jun;190(6):1669-75; discussion 1675-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.02.046. PMID: 15284765
Diagnosis of gonorrhea using a genetic transformation test on mailed clinical specimens.
Jaffe HW, Kraus SJ, Edwards TA, Weinberger SS, Zubrzycki L
J Infect Dis 1982 Aug;146(2):275-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/146.2.275. PMID: 6809844

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Chlamydia trachomatis type III-secreted effector protein CteG induces centrosome amplification through interactions with centrin-2.
Steiert B, Icardi CM, Faris R, McCaslin PN, Smith P, Klingelhutz AJ, Yau PM, Weber MM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023 May 16;120(20):e2303487120. Epub 2023 May 8 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303487120. PMID: 37155906Free PMC Article
A framework approach for hysteroscopic uterine septum incision: partial and complete.
Romanski PA, Bortoletto P, Pfeifer SM
Fertil Steril 2022 Jul;118(1):205-206. Epub 2022 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.04.014. PMID: 35610094
Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Antibiotics for infection prevention after excision of the cervical transformation zone.
Kietpeerakool C, Chumworathayi B, Thinkhamrop J, Ussahgij B, Lumbiganon P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 21;1(1):CD009957. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009957.pub2. PMID: 28109160Free PMC Article
Duplication of the müllerian ducts and genitourinary malformations. Part II: analysis of malformations.
Gilsanz V, Cleveland RH, Reid BS
Radiology 1982 Sep;144(4):797-801. doi: 10.1148/radiology.144.4.6213980. PMID: 6213980

Diagnosis

Interlabial masses in newborn girls.
Nováčková M, Chubanovová N, Chmel R Jr
Ceska Gynekol 2024;89(5):411-416. doi: 10.48095/cccg2024411. PMID: 39537379
Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Plicae palmatae of the cervical canals in uterus didelphys: MR imaging.
Takahata A, Koyama T
Abdom Imaging 2012 Oct;37(5):912-3. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9829-3. PMID: 22160342
Septate uterus with cervical duplication and longitudinal vaginal septum.
Ribeiro SC, Yamakami LY, Tormena RA, Pinheiro Wda S, Almeida JA, Baracat EC
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2010 Mar-Apr;56(2):254-6. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000200029. PMID: 20499005
Vascular and connective tissue histopathologic alterations of the female lower genital tract in scleroderma.
Doss BJ, Qureshi F, Mayes MD, Jacques SM
J Rheumatol 2002 Jul;29(7):1384-7. PMID: 12136892

Therapy

Peritoneal carcinomatosis after minimally invasive surgery versus open radical hysterectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hoegl J, Viveros-Carreño D, Palacios T, Gallego-Ardila A, Rauh-Hain JA, Estrada EE, Noll F, Krause K, Baiocchi G, Minig L, Grillo-Ardila CF, Pareja R
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2022 Dec 5;32(12):1497-1504. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2022-003937. PMID: 36351746
A framework approach for hysteroscopic uterine septum incision: partial and complete.
Romanski PA, Bortoletto P, Pfeifer SM
Fertil Steril 2022 Jul;118(1):205-206. Epub 2022 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.04.014. PMID: 35610094
Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Interventions to Try to Prevent Preterm Birth in Women With a History of Conization: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.
Grabovac M, Lewis-Mikhael AM, McDonald SD
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2019 Jan;41(1):76-88.e7. Epub 2018 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.04.026. PMID: 30585167
Antibiotics for infection prevention after excision of the cervical transformation zone.
Kietpeerakool C, Chumworathayi B, Thinkhamrop J, Ussahgij B, Lumbiganon P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 21;1(1):CD009957. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009957.pub2. PMID: 28109160Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Follow-up strategies after treatment (large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ)) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): Impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) test.
van der Heijden E, Lopes AD, Bryant A, Bekkers R, Galaal K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jan 6;1(1):CD010757. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010757.pub2. PMID: 25562623Free PMC Article
Hysteroscopic metroplasty of the complete uterine septum, duplicate cervix, and vaginal septum.
Parsanezhad ME, Alborzi S, Zarei A, Dehbashi S, Shirazi LG, Rajaeefard A, Schmidt EH
Fertil Steril 2006 May;85(5):1473-7. Epub 2006 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.044. PMID: 16600229
The diagnostic accuracy of cervico-vaginal fetal fibronectin in predicting preterm delivery: an overview.
Chien PF, Khan KS, Ogston S, Owen P
Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1997 Apr;104(4):436-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11495.x. PMID: 9141580
Distinct but related human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variant populations in genital secretions and blood.
Overbaugh J, Anderson RJ, Ndinya-Achola JO, Kreiss JK
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1996 Jan 20;12(2):107-15. doi: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.107. PMID: 8834460

Clinical prediction guides

First-trimester and early-second-trimester transvaginal cervical length before 16 weeks among women with preterm and term birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cheung KW, Au TS, Li J, Seto MTY
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 May;6(5S):101282. Epub 2024 Jan 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101282. PMID: 38242499
Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Interventions to Try to Prevent Preterm Birth in Women With a History of Conization: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.
Grabovac M, Lewis-Mikhael AM, McDonald SD
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2019 Jan;41(1):76-88.e7. Epub 2018 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.04.026. PMID: 30585167
Plicae palmatae of the cervical canals in uterus didelphys: MR imaging.
Takahata A, Koyama T
Abdom Imaging 2012 Oct;37(5):912-3. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9829-3. PMID: 22160342
Amplification of human papillomavirus genomes in vitro is dependent on epithelial differentiation.
Bedell MA, Hudson JB, Golub TR, Turyk ME, Hosken M, Wilbanks GD, Laimins LA
J Virol 1991 May;65(5):2254-60. doi: 10.1128/JVI.65.5.2254-2260.1991. PMID: 1850010Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

First-trimester and early-second-trimester transvaginal cervical length before 16 weeks among women with preterm and term birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cheung KW, Au TS, Li J, Seto MTY
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 May;6(5S):101282. Epub 2024 Jan 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101282. PMID: 38242499
Comparative accuracy of cervical cancer screening strategies in healthy asymptomatic women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Terasawa T, Hosono S, Sasaki S, Hoshi K, Hamashima Y, Katayama T, Hamashima C
Sci Rep 2022 Jan 7;12(1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04201-y. PMID: 34997127Free PMC Article
Antibiotics for infection prevention after excision of the cervical transformation zone.
Kietpeerakool C, Chumworathayi B, Thinkhamrop J, Ussahgij B, Lumbiganon P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 21;1(1):CD009957. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009957.pub2. PMID: 28109160Free PMC Article
Follow-up strategies after treatment (large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ)) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): Impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) test.
van der Heijden E, Lopes AD, Bryant A, Bekkers R, Galaal K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jan 6;1(1):CD010757. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010757.pub2. PMID: 25562623Free PMC Article
Surgical, oncological, and obstetrical outcomes after abdominal radical trachelectomy - a systematic literature review.
Pareja R, Rendón GJ, Sanz-Lomana CM, Monzón O, Ramirez PT
Gynecol Oncol 2013 Oct;131(1):77-82. Epub 2013 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.06.010. PMID: 23769758

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