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English: The original illustration by Carl von Rokitansky (1838) showing the uterovaginal morphology in MRKH syndrome with a shortened blind-ending vagina and two rudimentary uterine remnants. Citation: Rokitansky KF. Ueber die sogennanten Verdoppelungen des Uterus. Med Jahrbücher des kaiserl königl östereichischen Staates. 1838;26:39–77.
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This is an image created by Dr Carl von Rokitansky in 1838, showing the uterovaginal morphology in what is now known as Müllerian agenesis or MRKH syndrome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_agenesis

The reproduced work has been published in several scientific journals, eg https://www.imrpress.com/journal/CEOG/22/1/pii/1995015

The particular image here was enhanced and referenced in Dr Morten Krogh Herlin’s 2020 article on the subject: https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13023-020-01491-9

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Rokitansky KF. Ueber die sogennanten Verdoppelungen des Uterus. Med Jahrbücher des kaiserl königl östereichischen Staates. 1838;26:39–77.
Author Baron Carl von Rokitansky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Rokitansky

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The original illustration by Carl von Rokitansky (1838) showing the uterovaginal morphology in MRKH syndrome with a shortened blind-ending vagina and two rudimentary uterine remnants.

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