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.

Aschoff,

Karl Ludwig, German pathologist, 1866-1942. Aschoff bodies - a form of granulomatous inflammation characteristically observed in acute rheumatic carditis. Synonym(s): Aschoff nodulesAschoff cell - a large-cell component of rheumatic nodules in the myocardium.Aschoff nodules - Synonym(s): Aschoff bodiesnode 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 nodeRokitansky-Aschoff sinuses - see under Rokitansky

Rokitansky,

Karl Freiherr von, Austrian pathologist, 1804-1878. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome - see under Mayer, PaulRokitansky disease - (1) Synonym(s): acute yellow atrophy of the liver - (2) Chiari syndromeRokitansky diverticulumRokitansky hernia - separation of the muscular fibers of the bowel allowing protrusion of a sac of the mucous membrane.Rokitansky kidneyRokitansky pelvis - Synonym(s): spondylolisthetic pelvisRokitansky tumorRokitansky-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