title: Preoperative evaluation of intersex patients with pelvic magnetic resonance imaging in search of Y chromosome-bearing gonadal tissue.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To illustrate the utility of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of intersex patients who require gonadectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case reports of two phenotypic females having karyotypes containing a Y chromosome whose preoperative evaluation included pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary academic referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging for gonadal localization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preoperative evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging correctly identified the most appropriate surgical approach to gonadectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging can be useful in the preoperative evaluation of intersex patients having nonpalpable Y chromosome-bearing gonadal tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7570, USA.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Somkuti
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Semelka
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fritz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014998:Y Chromosome