An Autopsy Case of a Transsexual Woman.
- Author:
Ki Hwan HAN
1
;
Seung Ho HAN
;
Dae Cheol KIM
;
Gam Rae JO
;
Dong Ho CHOI
;
Kwang Hoon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anatomy, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. hsh@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Determination of sex;
Transsexualism;
Sex reassignment surgery;
Autopsy
- MeSH:
Autopsy*;
DNA Fingerprinting;
Female;
Homicide;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Sex Reassignment Surgery;
Transsexualism
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2003;27(2):73-77
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Transsexualism is a variety and complexity of conditions to the desire for sex change and may require medical treatments over psychological evaluations in some patients. Consequently, there is a potential confusion in the determination of anatomical sex in transsexuals arising from administration of hormone and/or sex reassignment surgery. In this article, we represent a case of a 52-year-old "woman"found dead on the road-side. "She"was naked on the scene and supposed to be murdered by strangulation of he neck. Surprisingly, autopsy findings as well as DNA typing revealed that "she"was transsexual once a man. We discuss medicolegal problems posed by medico-surgical treatment in transsexuals.