학술논문
Inguinal hernia containing fallopian tube and ovary in a 38-year-old woman with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
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Article
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Subject
*INGUINAL hernia
*FALLOPIAN tubes
*OVARIES
*SYNDROMES
*VAGINA
FALLOPIAN tube diseases
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ISSN
1105-3992
Abstract
The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome has an incidence of 1/4,500 female newborns. It is characterized by congenital aplasia or hypoplasia of the uterus, cervix and upper part of the vagina in females showing normal development of secondary sexual characteristics and a normal 46, XX karyotype. Can a hernia be the initial diagnostic sign? We report a case where an inguinal hernia containing fallopian tube and ovary in a 38-year-old woman led to further diagnostic investigations which established the diagnosis of MRKH. Α literature review of the MRKH syndrome is also included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]