Open AccessIMAGING OF AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA
Author(s) -
Syed Anjum Mehdi,
A. Shaukat,
Iqbal Hussain Dogar,
Nadia Hussnain
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.04.2920
Subject(s) - medicine , ambiguous genitalia , magnetic resonance imaging , ultrasound , ultrasound imaging , external genitalia , radiology , modality (human–computer interaction) , ultrasonography , anatomy , artificial intelligence , computer science
Objective: To establish the role of imaging in Ambiguous Genitalia. Period: June 2006 to June 2008. Place: RadiologyDepartment, Mayo Hospital, Lahore and Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Patients and Methods:12 cases referred to us with Ambiguous Genitaliawere taken and evaluated with Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Results: Following findings were observed, incomplete scrotalfusion with Ambiguous genitalia was observed in 41.7% infants. Whereas testis were localized in 33.3% by ultrasound & remaining by MRI.Imaging diagnosed that 66.7% were male & remaining female. Lab tests and surgical evidence prove that imaging results were in agreement.Conclusion: Imaging has a conclusive role in Ambiguous Genitalia and Ultrasound is the first modality to look for Internal Genitalia