Peculiarities of the genital organs in girls with aplasia of the vagina and uterus (Mayer-Rokitansky-Kyustner-Hauser syndrome)

Abstract

Objective - to evaluate the structural features of the external and internal genital organs in girls with aplasia of the vagina and uterus. Materials and methods. The study included 64 adolescent girls aged 15-18. The examination included a general and gynecological with an assessment of the structural features of the perineum, external genital organs and urethra, including using a specially designed measurement scheme for anatomical landmarks. An ultrasound study was performed with the aiming assessment of uterine horns and, when identifying signs of functioning, laparoscopic removal of them with histological study. In order to optimally assess the type of tissue lining the vaginal fossa zone, an analysis was carried out of the material obtained by scraping from the studied zone using liquid cytology. Results. Every third patient (34.3%) was diagnosed with urinary system pathology. In most patients, the external opening of the urethra was typical. Almost everyone had hymen (95%). Gynecological examination showed that in the vast majority of patients in the area of intended vaginal entry, was a blindly ending vaginal fossa (95.3%). The length of the fossa was on the average 1.7±0.1 cm. According to the smear scrapings from the vaginal fossa, flat cells of the superficial, intermediate, and parabasal and basal types were present. Representatives of the lactobacillus and coccal microflora were revealed. A topographic-anatomical analysis of the orientations of the perineum in girls with aplasia of the vagina showed that the depth of the vaginal fossa weakly depended from the age of the patients and did not depend on any of the suggested guide points. According to the results of instrumental methods of investigation of the pelvic organs, 68.75% of the girls had a muscular cord at the uterus place. Moreover, 22% of girls had signs of the functioning of rudimentary horns. Ovaries, as a rule, were located high, at the entrance to the small pelvis. Laparoscopy was performed in all patients with cyclic pain syndrome and closed functioning uterine rudiments, removal of the uterine horns with fallopian tubes were prefered. Histological examination of the obtained preparations was characterized by the detection of endometrial stroma and active endometrial glands. Summary. The authors emphasize that a multilateral examination of this cohort of patients is extremely important for the diagnosis and optimized treatment.

Keywords

• patients with aplasia of the vagina and uterus
• visual diagnostic methods
• surgical treatment