title: Pregnancy in true hermaphrodites and all male offspring to date.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are 11 reported cases of pregnancy in true hermaphrodites, but none with advanced genetic testing. All known fetuses have been male.
  
  
  METHODS
  A true hermaphrodite with a spontaneous pregnancy prenatally known to have a remaining portion of a right ovotestis, delivered a male neonate. The mother has a 46, XX karyotype with polymerase chain reaction demonstrating low levels of the Yq12 sequence. Postpartum androgen levels were normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Partial removal of testicular tissue may enhance fertility in hermaphrodites, and there may be a genetic basis for the progeny to be male.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Brett A H
authors.initials: BAH
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Soldrea
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ataya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016104:Oligohydramnios; D010053:Ovary / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D050090:Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D047929:Term Birth; D013737:Testis / Q000648:ultrastructure*