TWO CASES OF TRUE HERMAPHRODITE
THE USEFULNESS OF LAPAROSCOPIC GONADECTOMY IN CHILDHOOD A Case Report
1998 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages 971-974
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1998 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages 971-974
Laparoscopic operation has been an alternative method in not only adults but children. We presented two children with true hermaphroditism who were performed by open gonadectomy and laparoscopic gonadectomy respectively. Both patients at the age of 4, and 2 years showed karyotypes of 46, XX, and were raised as girls. In the first case left ovary and right ovotestis were revealed by open gonadal biopsy and right ovotestis was removed by open surgery. In another case bilateral ovotestes were revealed by laparoscopic gonadal biopsy and resected by laparoscopic procedure. Laparoscopy was very useful for detecting the gonadal structures to confirm the diagnosis in intersex patients. True hermaphrodite is one of uncommon intersex anomalies, therefore the diagnosis should be made to demonstrate the coexstence of both ovarian and testicular tissues definitely.
We estimated laparoscopic gonadectomy in pediatric true hermaphrodite and concluded that laparoscopic gonadectomy was as profitable as open gonadectomy.
