Endometriosis in a patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome

Cho MK, Moon Kyoung Cho, Cheol Hong Kim, Kim CH, Oh ST, Sung Tack Oh
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research · 2009 · vol. 35(5) , pp. 994–996 · doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01025.x · PMID:20149055 · W2052705956
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This case report describes an endometrioma found in a 26-year-old patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, hypothesized to have arisen from coelomic metaplasia due to the absence of a functioning endometrium.

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Abstract

Endometriosis in Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome has been reported only once previously. We present here a case of endometrioma in a patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. A 26-year-old patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome presented with abrupt pain in the left iliac quadrant. A mass was confirmed by sonography. Laparoscopic inspection revealed no uterus. The mass was removed laparoscopically. Endometriosis was confirmed histologically. If endometrioma in a patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome is associated with a small rudimentary unicornis uterus with a small endometrial cavity, endometriosis can be assumed to have developed by retrograde menstruation theory. Because the patient did not have a functioning endometrium, her endometrioma is assumed to have arisen from coelomic metaplasia.

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endometriosischronic_pelvic_painendometrioma

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Abnormalities, Multiple Endometriosis Ovarian Diseases Abnormalities, Multiple Abnormalities, Multiple Adult Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Mullerian Ducts Mullerian Ducts Mullerian Ducts Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Diseases

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