46,XY ovotesticular disorders of sex development: A therapeutic challenge

Maria-Grazia Scarpa; Massimo Di Grazia; Gianluca Tornese

doi:10.4081/pr.2017.7085

Pediatric Reports (Dec 2017)

46,XY ovotesticular disorders of sex development: A therapeutic challenge

Maria-Grazia Scarpa,
Massimo Di Grazia,
Gianluca Tornese

Affiliations

Maria-Grazia Scarpa: Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste
Massimo Di Grazia: Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste
Gianluca Tornese: Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7085
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4

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46,XY ovotesticular disorder of sex development is extremely rare and indicates the presence of both testis and ovary in the same patient. Gender assignment in newborns represents a therapeutic challenge. We describe and comment on our multidisciplinary approach, ten years after the Chicago consensus meeting on disorder of sex development.

Published in Pediatric Reports

ISSN: 2036-749X (Print); 2036-7503 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pediatrrep

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