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Unilateral renal agenesis associated with ipsilateral blind vagina

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All cases of unilateral renal agenesis are associated with an ipsilateral blind vagina except when there is agenesis of a urogenital ridge. Herlyn-Werner sndrome and some Gärtner's duct cysts or Wolffian remnants also represent a blind vagina and lend support to the idea that the caudal segments of the Wolffian ducts participate in the formation of the human vagina.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Alicante, General Hospital of Elche, Alicante, Spain

    P. Acién, E. Armiñana & E. Garcia-Ontiveros

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Acién, P., Armiñana, E. & Garcia-Ontiveros, E. Unilateral renal agenesis associated with ipsilateral blind vagina. Arch. Gynecol. 240, 1–8 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134057

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