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   02-Mar-2020
 

Arch Hellen Med, 37(2), March-April 2020, 247-250

CASE REPORT

Inguinal hernia containing fallopian tube and ovary in a 38-year-old woman with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

A.V. Kyriakidis, A. Kaltsa, G. Kyriazis, A. Prodromidou, E. Panagiotidi, V. Kyriakidis
Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Amfissa, Amfissa, Greece

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.

Key words: Inguinal-hernia-containing-ovary, MRKH, MURCS.


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