Approach to the patients with ovotestis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2014.08.021
- VernacularTitle:真两性畸形的临诊应对
- Author:
Xianling WANG
;
Jingtao DOU
;
Jianming BA
;
Zhaohui LYU
;
Lijuan YANG
;
Guoqing YANG
;
Qinghua GUO
;
Yiming MU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Disorders of sexual development;
Ovotestis;
Chromosomal sex;
Gonadal sex
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2014;(8):720-722
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Ovotestis is a rare disorder of sexual differentiation in which the gonads have both ovarian and testicular elements. The patients always present with ambiguous external genitalia, and there are usually with serious disorder between chromosomal sex, gonadal sex, social sex, and psychological sex. The definite diagnosis and gender confirmation, appropriate surgery in internal genitalia and orthomorphia in external genitalia, as well as psychological support are essential for a multidisciplinary medical group in managing this disease. The medical data of two children with ovotestis who were reared as boy or girl respectively were analyzed.
