Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses

Ro·ki·tan·sky-Asch·off si·nus·es

(rō-ki-tahn'skē ahsh'of),

small outpocketings of the mucosa of the gallbladder which extend through the muscular layer; they may be congenital.

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Aschoff,

Karl Ludwig, German pathologist, 1866-1942.

Aschoff bodies - a form of granulomatous inflammation characteristically observed in acute rheumatic carditis. Synonym(s): Aschoff nodules

Aschoff cell - a large-cell component of rheumatic nodules in the myocardium.

Aschoff nodules - Synonym(s): Aschoff bodies

node of Aschoff and Tawara - a small node of modified cardiac muscle that gives rise to the atrioventricular bundle of the conduction system of the heart. Synonym(s): atrioventricular node; Tawara node

Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses - see under Rokitansky

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Rokitansky,

Karl Freiherr von, Austrian pathologist, 1804-1878.

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome - see under Mayer, Paul

Rokitansky disease - (1) Synonym(s): acute yellow atrophy of the liver - (2) Chiari syndrome

Rokitansky diverticulum

Rokitansky hernia - separation of the muscular fibers of the bowel allowing protrusion of a sac of the mucous membrane.

Rokitansky kidney

Rokitansky pelvis - Synonym(s): spondylolisthetic pelvis

Rokitansky tumor

Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses - small outpocketings of the mucosa of the gallbladder which extend through the muscular layer.

Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome - Synonym(s): Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

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