title: Laparoscopic gonadectomy in a patient with testicular feminization syndrome.
abstract: A laparoscopic technique is reported as an operative approach for gonadectomy in a case of testicular feminization syndrome. A 17-year-old phenotypic female presented with primary amenorrhea and was evaluated through a diagnostic protocol that included clinical, cytogenetic, and hormonal examinations. The findings supported the diagnosis of testicular feminization syndrome. The left gonad was found at the internal opening of the inguinal canal and removed laparoscopically. No gonad was found at the contralateral side. No complications occurred during the operation and the patient left the hospital the same day. A long-term hormonal replacement treatment was initiated postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Corrective Gynecological Surgery, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kallipolitis
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Milingos
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Creatsas
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Deligeoroglou
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Michalas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013577:Syndrome