The story
Named after Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804–1878), Austrian pathologist, and Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942), German pathologist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus
Today it means: An outpouching of gall bladder mucosa into the gall bladder muscle layer and subserosal tissue, sometimes associated with cholecystitis. Full definition →