True hermaphroditism associated with microphthalmia

Child with True Hermaphroditism

True hermaphrodites possess both ovarian and testicular tissues which may be present in separate gonads or combined in an ovotestis. External and internal genitalia are ambiguous and variable, though a prominent penial structure is usual. Chromosome examination of true hermaphroditism has revealed an XX sex chromosome complement in the majority of cases, but the XY complement and different mosa...

True Hermaphroditism in Chimaeric Mice.

True hermaphroditism presenting as an inguinal hernia.

A 21-year-old patient with cryptorchidism was found to have a left inguinal mass on physical examination. The patient was operated with a diagnosis of bilateral cryptorchidism and left inguinal hernia. Besides bilateral inguinal undescended testicles, female genital organs like fallopian tubes, uterus and ovary were found on the exploration.

Vaginal stone in a male patient with true hermaphroditism.

A 31-year-old male with true hermaphroditism and a 46, XX karyotype who underwent gonadectomy and extirpation of the internal sex organs at the age of 4 had a large stone 4 cm in diameter in the residual male vagina. He complained of pain on micturition, hematuria, and rectal pressure. Urethroscopy and retrograde urethrography disclosed an ostium of the male vagina in the prostatic urethra, and...

Two new cases of true hermaphroditism.