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Bicornuate uterus at 9 + 5-week dating scan.
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Miss A. was a 21-year-old fit and well woman without a prior documented significant medical or surgical history, who was referred to our antenatal clinic by her midwife because a bicornuate uterus was discovered on the dating scan (Figure 1) of her spontaneously conceived first pregnancy.
Multicystic dysplastic right kidney in the fetus at 19-week GA.
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The anatomy scan however showed a right multicystic dysplastic kidney in the fetus with no other abnormality (Figure 2).
Multicystic dysplastic right kidney at 27 + 6 weeks.
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A repeat anatomy scan at 28 weeks showed a shrinking right kidney from 4 cm to 2.5 cm as well as a prominent in size and slightly echogenic left kidney (Figure 3).
Neonatal bicornuate uterus 1 week postpartum.
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However, at one week postpartum a neonatal ultrasound scan confirmed an absent right kidney and the presence of a bicornuate uterus (Figure 4) in the neonate; no other abnormality was seen.