Das Rokitansky-Küster-Syndrom

Das Hepatopulmonale Syndrom

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome

The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is characterized by congenital aplasia of the uterus and the upper part (2/3) of the vagina in women showing normal development of secondary sexual characteristics and a normal 46, XX karyotype. It affects at least 1 out of 4500 women. MRKH may be isolated (type I) but it is more frequently associated with renal, vertebral, and, to a lesser ext...

Clinical and genetic aspects of Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome

The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome [MIM 277000] is characterised by the absence of a uterus and vagina in otherwise phenotypically normal women with karyotype 46,XX. Clinically, the MRKH can be subdivided into two subtypes: an isolated or type I form can be delineated from a type II form, which is characterised by extragenital malformations. The so-called Müllerian hypoplasia, r...

[Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome: A case report].

disorder. At clinical examination, the patient demonstrated a development of secondary sexual characteristics compatible with her chronological age. At gynecological examination a grooved urethra with elevated edges was observed. Speculum examination was not performed. Transabdominal ultrasonography did not demonstrate the presence of uterus and ovaries in their habitual site, but the study was...

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome: fertility counseling and treatment.

To date, no literature has focused on the counseling of patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome as relates to their unique fertility challenges. This article is presented as a guide to practitioners in the counseling of patients with varying Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser phenotypes regarding individual reproductive potential.