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Gross image of the patient's bicornuate uterus without endometrium or endometrial cavity; a right uterine cornu, b left uterine cornu, c cervix
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Fig1
Pathology was reported as uterus bicornis unicollis with no endometrial tissue or lumen identified neither the fused portion of uterus, nor separate cornua of the uterus with immature endocervical epithelium in the cervix (Fig. 1).
Uterine histopathology. a Myometrial tissue with absence of endometrium (hematoxylin and eosin stain, magnification 4x). b Absence of staining for CD10, a marker for endometrial stroma. CD10 staining is present only around vessels (arrow), and there is no evidence of endometrium (magnification 10x). c Normal uterine section showing staining for CD10 in endometrial stroma for comparison. (magnification 20x)
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On deeper tissue sections, no endometrium nor lumen were identified in fused portion and separate cornua of the uterus (Figs. 2a and b). A section of normal endometrial stroma staining with CD10 is included for comparison (Fig. 2c).  