Background: This case report describes an infertile patient with a rare endometrial cavity pathology diagnosed on hysteroscopy. Case: The patient was a 39-year-old female with primary infertility of 9 years' duration. A diagnosis of a possible T-shaped uterus on a previous hysterosalpingogram was not confirmed on diagnostic hysteroscopy 5 years earlier at a different infertility center, where she had undergone a cycle of in-vitro fertilization with embryo transfer (IVF-ET) but was unable to conceive. At the time of diagnostic hysteroscopy at the current, unit the patient was found to have a T-shaped cavity and a trans-fundal uterine membrane obscuring an arcuate fundus. Hysteroscopic division of this thin membrane was performed successfully, followed by hysteroscopic division of the uterine septum and hysteroscopic metroplasty of her T-shaped uterus. Results: Subsequently, the patient conceived with IVF-ET but had an early miscarriage. A second IVF-ET cycle resulted in resulted in delivery of a healthy male infant at term. Conclusions: This report described a case of an infertile patient with a trans-fundal membrane in association with a uterine anomaly. The discovery of such a membrane and the uterine anomaly described above, and their hysteroscopic surgical correction, may have contributed to the successful reproductive outcome for this patient. (J GYNECOL SURG 29:88)
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