Endoscopic treatement by vaginoscopy of a Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome: A case report.

Introduction: Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome is a rare complex congenital disorder, presenting with obstructed vagina, uterus didelphys and ipsilateral renal agenesis. Hemivaginal obstruction firstly asymptomatic, leads to symptoms after menarche such as dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain or infertility.
Case Presentation: A 15-year-old patient presenting with few symptoms, transvaginal ultrasound reveals an hematocolpos, we report also typical findings of this disorder on magnetic resonance imaging.
Discussion: The pelvic pain caused by the hematocolpos is the main symptom that leads patients to consult often urgently, the MRI is the gold standard exam to confirm diagnosis, the treatment consists on incision the septum vaginal and leads to avoid complications.
Conclusion: Early diagnosis of this syndrome usually leads to initiate surgical treatment in order to avoid complications.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests relevant to the content of this article.
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