COEXISTENCE OF OVOTESTIS AND TESTICULAR REGRESSION IN A BOY WITH 46,XX 46,XY CHIMERISM AND SEX AMBIGUITY/

Authors
MACIELGUERRA AT LOPES VLGD CARDINALLI IA VIGUETTI NL MARQUESDEFARIA AP BAPTISTA MTM GUERRA G
Citation
At. Macielguerra et al., COEXISTENCE OF OVOTESTIS AND TESTICULAR REGRESSION IN A BOY WITH 46,XX 46,XY CHIMERISM AND SEX AMBIGUITY/, Brazilian journal of genetics, 19(1), 1996, pp. 165-168
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Brazilian journal of genetics
ISSN journal
01008455 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0100-8455(1996)19:1<165:COOATR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report on a boy with ambiguous genitalia (hypospadias and cryptorch idism), a 46,XX/46,XY karyotype, complete Wolffian differentiation and no Mullerian derivatives, a left ovotestis, and no gonadal tissue on the right side. True hermaphroditism and regression of testicular tiss ue in this case indicate that chimerism may not only disturb gonadal d ifferentiation but also arrest its development.