True hermaphroditism

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 7 Jul 2018

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Citation:

Radswiki T, Bell D, Jones J, et al. True hermaphroditism. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 06 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15466

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15466

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/15466

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15466

Article created:

19 Oct 2011, The Radswiki ◉

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Last revised:

7 Jul 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital, Gynaecology, Paediatrics

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cases

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True hermaphrodite

True hermaphroditism is a form of disorder of gender development.

Pathology

Patients with true hermaphroditism have mosaicism of 46XX and 46XY. They therefore have both ovarian and testicular tissues.

Subtypes

There are three forms of true hermaphroditism:

unilateral true hermaphroditism
- a testis and ovary on one side
- plus, a testis or an ovary on the other side
bilateral true hermaphroditism
- both a testis and ovary on each side
lateral true hermaphroditism
- a single testis on one side and an ovary on the other side