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Swyer syndrome or pure gonadal dysgenesis 46, XY is a medical condition associated with 46 XY karyotype and primary amenorrhea in a phenotypic female. In this syndrome, there is an abnormality in testicular differentiation. Patients with disorders in sexual differentiation have an increased risk for
BACKGROUND
The incidence of gonadal dysgenesis (hermaphroditism) is recognised to be low. Rarer still is an initial late presentation in the general practice setting.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case study of a 35 year old man diagnosed as a hermaphrodite after routine investigations in general practice
A 46 XY pure gonadal dysgenesis also known as Swyer syndrome. These patients are phenotypic females with normal female external genitalia and absent testicular tissue. The patients with swyer syndrome have streak gonads and increased risk of dysgerminoma and gonadoblastoma. We present a case of
Case of a 20-year-old patient with severe abdominal pain, right adnexal mass, positive beta-HCG titre and free fluid in the abdominal cavity, as diagnosed by ultrasound. Laparotomy resulted in a ruptured ovarian tumour (chorionic carcinoma). Despite chemotherapy, the tumour developed fulminant
Vaginoplasty using sigmoid colon is a common technique for creation of a neovagina. However, special consideration must be given to potential long term consequences of using a colonic conduit for vaginal replacement. We report on the youngest described case in which a patient developed ulcerative
BACKGROUND
Few case reports describing endometriosis in patients with gonadal dysgenesis have been published, but none has reported the presence of adenomyosis in a patient with Turner's syndrome.
METHODS
A 31-year-old woman with mosaic Turner's Syndrome (45,X/46,XX/47,XXX) was referred to us
Gonadoblastoma is a rare ovarian neoplasm which belongs to "germ cell-sex cord-stromal tumor" category. This tumor is frequently associated with invasive germ cell malignancy. It commonly arises in dysgenetic gonads of young individuals who are phenotypically females but possess 46XY karyotype. It
Herein, we report a case of a 9-yr-old girl who had a 46, XX peripheral karyotype and apparent developmentally normal ovaries. She presented with abdominal pain and a right adnexal mass. No clinical or pathologic evidence of gonadal dysgenesis or undifferentiated gonadal tissue was detected. She
Initial experience with laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery in children during the year Sept. 1992-Sept. 1993 is presented. The 36 procedures included 20 appendectomies, 3 cholecystectomies, 10 upper thoracic sympathectomies, 1 bilateral oophorectomy and 2 diagnostic laparoscopies. Indications
Pelvic pneumography was performed in 150 children, including those with precocious puberty, suspected pelvic masses, abdominal pain, virilization, ambiguous genitalia, gonadal dysgenesis, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, amenorrhea, and contralateral inguinal hernia detection. Pneumography proved safe,
BACKGROUND
The authors' experience of using laparoscopy in the management of 23 girls (mean age: 8.9 years; range: 3 months-15 years) with various adnexal pathologies over a 3-year period is reviewed.
METHODS
Of the 23 patients, seven were evaluated for congenital gonadal pathologies, 15 presented
Hepatoid carcinoma (HCO) is a rare ovarian tumor and is thought to be a different subtype from hepatoid-type yolk sac tumor based on its pathologic features. In contrast to hepatoid yolk sac tumor in which the patients are usually young, patients with HCO are elderly with a peak incidence during the