OHVIRA syndrome: rare cause of chronic vaginal discharge in an unmarried female.

Abstract

Chronic vaginal discharge in adolescent and young females, not responding to antibiotics, can pose a diagnostic dilemma for many gynecologists and general practitioners. Uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA syndrome) is a rare congenital anomaly. We present a case of a 22-year-old unmarried female with this syndrome presenting with chronic purulent vaginal discharge. The uniqueness about the case is its much delayed presentation.

• Authors: Aruna Nigam, Chitra Raghunandan, Reena Yadav, Shaili Tomer, Rama Anand
• Journal: Congenital anomalies (Congenit Anom (Kyoto)) Vol. 51 Issue 3 Pg. 153-5 (Sep 2011) ISSN: 1741-4520 [Electronic] Australia
• PMID: 20726998 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2011 The Authors. Congenital Anomalies © 2011 Japanese Teratology Society.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Chronic Disease
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Female
• Humans
• Kidney (abnormalities)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Single Person
• Suppuration
• Uterus (abnormalities)
• Vagina (abnormalities)
• Vaginal Discharge (diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery)
• Young Adult