Mullerian duct anomalies (MDAs) are congenital defects of the female genital system that arise from abnormal embryological development of the Mullerian ducts. A didelphys uterus, also known as a "double uterus," is one of the least common amongst the MDAs. Reported here is a case of a 16 year old female with a uterus didelphys with the obstructed left hemiuteri adherent in the anterior abdominal wall, and an endometriotic cyst on the same side. She underwent hysteroscopy-guided vaginoscopy, laparoscopic left hemihysterectomy, left oophorocystectomy. Cases such as these require careful preoperative planning and diagnostic imaging for more accurate diagnosis and, hence, for the most appropriate surgical procedure to be carried out. 3D ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging have been the most widely used imaging techniques. The goals of management are to relieve the symptoms of obstruction and to restore the normal anatomy as much as possible in order to provide the best chance for future fertility.
Uterine Didelphys

Schistosomiasis is still a public health burden in the Philippines. Chronic infection with Schistosoma japonicum, the only species endemic in the Philippines, clinically manifests itself in a wide variety of pathologies usually correlated with the anatomical site of adult worm activity and deposition of eggs. One of the documented ectopic sites for Schistosoma ova is the appendix. A rare sequela of this is acute appendicitis and an even rarer consequence is progression to appendiceal rupture leading to acute peritonitis. We present a case of a 27-year-old Filipino residing in Davao City but born in Agusan Province who initially complained of right lower quadrant abdominal pain but presented at the emergency room with generalized abdominal tenderness with signs of peritoneal irritation. Exploratory laparotomy with an infraumbilical incision revealed ruptured appendicitis with periappendiceal abscess formation and appendectomy was subsequently done. Schistosoma infection of the appendix was subsequently established by histopathological analysis. Furthermore, features observed suggest an atypical pathogenetic process contrary to the putative pathogenesis of most cases of acute appendicitis.
Schistosomiasis ; Schistosoma japonicum