Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (RKH syndrome); Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH syndrome, MRKH anomaly)
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Epidemiology
- incidence of approximately 1 in 5000 newborn girls
Pathology
- utero-vaginal atresia in otherwise phenotypically normal female with a normal 46,XX karyotype
- anomalies of the genital tract range from upper vaginal atresia to total Muellerian agenesis with urinary tract abnormalities
Genetics
- associated with defects in WNT4