True hermaphroditism with seminoma: A case report

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...

A Case of True Hermaphroditism Presenting as a Testicular Tumour

True hermaphroditism represents only 5% cases of all of disorders of sexual differentiation (DSD) and usually present in early childhood with ambiguous genitalia. Occasionally, cases might present later on in adolescence with problems of sexual maturation. Our case report presents a true hermaphrodite with normal male phenotype that presented as a left testicular mass, two years after being dia...

Spermatocytic seminoma: a case report.

An 81-year-old man with a painless enlargement of the right testis which developed 11 years ago was treated with right orchiectomy without any combined therapy in 1981. This tumor pathologically proved to be spermatocytic seminoma. The patient has been well and has shown no evidence of recurrence for the past 5 years.

Mediastinal Seminoma: A Case Report

Seminoma is a rare, malignant germ cell tumor (GCT) that usually develops in the third or fourth decade of life in males. Although the most common location for a malignant GCT is the gonads, it can also arise in extragonadal regions, such as the mediastinum. The authors describe a case of a 37-year-old caucasian man, with smoking habits, arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia, who was admitted ...

True Hermaphroditism in Chimaeric Mice.