Hysterectomy in a phenotypic male with advanced gonadal malignancy and intersex.
Disorders of sex development (DSD), previously termed intersex, are uncommon, and are usually, but not always, diagnosed at birth. Issues of gender assignment, psychosexual development and the potential for malignant change in a dysgenetic gonad need to be considered. Here, we report a rare presentation of advanced malignancy in an abdominal gonad associated with the formation of a uterus in an adult male with a previously undiagnosed DSD.
Parker
Jim L
JL
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW. jimparker@ozemail.com.au
Ekman
Deborah L
DL
Hayden
Lawrence J
LJ
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006066:Gonads / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018309:Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010641:Phenotype