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Müllerian Duct Anomalies

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Mullerian duct anomalies (MDAs) represent one of the uterine causes of infertility. In the propaedeutics of the evaluation of MDAs, various images procedures have been used, especially the two ones that will be our focus, magnetic resonance imaging (RM) and 3D ultrasonography. In this chapter a didactic compilation of the diagnostic criteria used for the MDAs cathegories as recomended by American Fertility Socliety will be shown. We will bring morphology and morphometry concepts that are used for the correct classification of MDAs, and aply them in a series of clinical cases. What we write is what we do in clinical pratice, and we try to translate this experience into words. We wish to make this chapter a source for quick consultation, with accessible information that may enable greater precision in diagnoses.

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  1. Abdominal Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina – Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Lucas Rios Torres, Elisa Almeida Sathler Bretas & Priscila Silveira Salvatori

  2. Ultrassonographer, Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Renata Chehin

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina – Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Giuseppe D’Ippolito

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  1. Associate Professor of Radiology, Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Luis Ronan Marquez Ferreira de Souza

  2. Department of Gynecology Endoscopy, Santa Casa Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Ana Luisa Alencar De Nicola

  3. Diagnostic Imaging Department of UNIFESP – Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo Hospital, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Harley De Nicola

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Torres, L.R., Bretas, E.A.S., Salvatori, P.S., Chehin, R., D’Ippolito, G. (2017). Müllerian Duct Anomalies. In: de Souza, L., De Nicola, A., De Nicola, H. (eds) Atlas of Imaging in Infertility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13893-0_8

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