title: Pregnancy and childbirth in a true hermaphrodite.
abstract: A rare case of pregnancy and parturition in a true hermaphrodite is reported. This patient, who was 25 years of age when first seen, had an ovotestis on the left and an ovary on the right gonad, with a karyotype of 46,XX. Following removal of the left ovotestis and surgical correction of the external genitalia, she married at the age of 31 and subsequently delivered a normal male child, karyotype 45,XY, by cesarean section.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery