True hermaphroditism: a report of two cases.
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1990-11-01
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Two cases with true hermaphroditism are described. A 2 year old child presented with ambiguous genitalia, and had bilateral ovotestis in the labioscrotal folds. A 20 year old boy presented with grade V gynaecomastia and periodical bleeding as well as seminal discharge after phallic stimulation; he had right sided ovotestis, normal size uterus, left ovary and hypoplastic fallopian tubes. Male gender was assigned to both. Cytogenetically both were 46XX. Gonadectomy was done in both the cases. Bilateral mastectomy and hysterectomy was done in the second case.
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Maji D, Mukhopadhyay B, Chaudhuri UR, Sarkar S, Sadhukhan B. True hermaphroditism: a report of two cases. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1990 Nov; 38(11): 868-70