A Case of True Hermaphroditism.
- Author:
Hyeon Hoe KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, CheJu Medical Center, Cheju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
True hermaphroditism;
Feminine genitoplasty
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Ovary;
Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development*;
Sexual Development
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1990;31(5):786-789
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
True hermaphroditism is a rare disorder or sexual development in which both ovarian and testicular tissue exist in a same individual. Author experienced a case of true hermaphroditism in a 15 years old patient, reared as a male who had an ovotestis in the right side and ovary in the left, managed by resection of testicular tissue and feminine genitoplasty.
