Laparoscopic management of a noncommunicating uterine horn in a patient with an acute abdomen

A 13-year-old girl with a history of cloacal anomalies presented with acute abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound was not definitive, and vaginal probe ultrasound was precluded by the patient's stenotic vagina. Magnetic resonance imaging delineated a left hematometra and hematosalpinx as well as a more normal-appearing right hemiuterus. Operative laparoscopy was used to lyse the extensive pelvic adhesions in a patient with a history of an imperforate anus and to resect a left rudimentary uterine horn with outflow obstruction. A review of cases in the world literature reveals that operative laparoscopy can be used to treat these patients successfully.