Abstract
A case of true hermaphroditism was reported, in which bilateral ovotestes were found, drumstick was positive in 12 out of 500 polymorphous leukocytes of peripheral blood stream, and the chromosome karyotype was 46 XX.
Fifty cases of true hermaphrodites reported in Japan were reviewed and briefly discussed.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Prof. H. Tamura, Assistant Prof. H. Tofukuji of Dept. of Urology, and Assistant Prof. H. Watanabe of Dept. of Pathology. Our thanks are also to Dr. K. Suzuki of Dept. of Urology.
Our grateful acknowledgements are due to Dr. Akira Tonomura in the Dept. of Human Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan.
