True hermaphroditism: female internal genital organs in the scrotum.
- Author:
Jae Hyun KIM
1
;
Dong Han KIM
Author Information
1. Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
true hermaphroditism
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Fallopian Tubes;
Female*;
Gender Identity;
Genitalia*;
Gonads;
Humans;
Male;
Mastectomy, Subcutaneous;
Ovary;
Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development*;
Scrotum*;
Testis;
Uterus
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1991;32(3):496-500
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
True hermaphroditism is a condition in which both an ovary and a testis or a gonad with histological features of both (ovotestis) is present in same individual. We present a case of 16-year-old true hermaphroditism who had an ovotestis on both gonad and female internal organs, such as fimbria. fallopian tube, uterus in the left scrotum after bilateral scrotal exploration. The patient's sex was reassigned to the male according to sex of rearing and gender role and managed with removal of ovotestis and female internal organs, bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy.
