Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (Jan 2011)

Clinical, genetic, and pathological features of male pseudohermaphroditism in dog

  • Passeri Benedetta,
  • Wohlsein Peter,
  • De Lorenzi Lisa,
  • Peressotti Paolo,
  • Parma Pietro,
  • Bigliardi Enrico,
  • Jottini Stefano,
  • Cantoni Anna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-9-12
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 12

Abstract

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Abstract Male pseudohermaphroditism is a sex differentiation disorder in which the gonads are testes and the genital ducts are incompletely masculinized. An 8 years old dog with normal male karyotype was referred for examination of external genitalia abnormalities. Adjacent to the vulva subcutaneous undescended testes were observed. The histology of the gonads revealed a Leydig and Sertoli cell neoplasia. The contemporaneous presence of testicular tissue, vulva, male karyotype were compatible with a male pseudohermaphrodite (MPH) condition.