title: Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome with absent thumbs and big toes.
abstract: Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare developmental failure of Müllerian ducts. Principle clinical features of MRKH syndrome are primary amenorrhoea associated with congenital absence of vagina, uterine anomalies, normal ovaries, 46 XX karyotype with normal female secondary sexual characteristics and frequent association with renal, skeletal, and other congenital anomalies. A case of a 3-year-old child with congenitally absent thumbs and big toes is reported herein; she was brought in with complaints of urinary incontinence. Radiological investigation (ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan) revealed absent uterus and vagina while both ovaries were normal. Intravenous urography (IVU) study showed bifid pelvicalyceal systems bilaterally. Karyotyping revealed a 46 XX female phenotype. Laparoscopy confirmed normal ovaries bilaterally and small unfused uterine buds lying beside both ovaries on each side of pelvis. Early diagnosis of MRKH syndrome is essential for timely planning of vaginal and (if possible) uterine reconstructive surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Singh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi. mahiraabubakar@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mahira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yunus
mesh_terms: D058489:46, XX Disorders of Sex Development / Q000175:diagnosis; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications