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H‐Y POSITIVE 46 XX TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM WITH INTRASCROTAL UTERUS
Author(s) -
BOUCEKKINE C.,
MENASRIA A.,
CHOUITER A.,
BENELKADI N.,
BENMILOUD M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1981.tb00698.x
Subject(s) - true hermaphroditism , karyotype , uterus , disorders of sex development , biology , endocrinology , y chromosome , medicine , male pseudohermaphroditism , chromosome , gynecology , anatomy , genetics , gene
SUMMARY A rare form of true hermaphroditism with hypogonadism, gynaecomastia, presence of an intrascrotal uterus, and 46 XX karyotype, is reported. It is the third published case in the literature since 1965. The presence of H‐Y antigen and of testicular tissue in the absence of a Y chromosome is discussed.