Asymmetrical gonadal enlargement in adolescent true hermaphrodite with bilateral ovotestes.
A case of gynecomastia and asymmetrical gonadal enlargement in a thirteen and one-half-year-old "male" true hermaphrodite with biopsy-proved bilateral ovotestes is presented. The pathology, genetics, endocrinology, and management of this entity are discussed and compared with instances of hermaphroditism in which there is distinct separation of the ovarian and testicular tissues.
D000293:Adolescent; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006066:Gonads / Q000473:pathology*; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations