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Preferred term

Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Conditions of sexual ambiguity in which the individual possesses gonadal tissues of both sexes, tissues from the OVARY and the TESTIS. There can be a testis on one side and an ovary on the other (lateral), or there may be combined ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestes) on each side (bilateral). The karyotype may be 46,XX; 46,XY; or a mosaic of 46,XX/46,XY. These disorders have historically been called true hermaphroditism. An historical term for conditions of sexual ambiguity in which the individual possesses gonadal tissues of both sexes.

Synonym(s)

  • 46,XX Gonadal Dysgenesis, Complete, Sry-Positive
  • 46,XX True Hermaphroditism, Sry-Positive
  • Ovotesticular Disorder Of Sex Development
  • Ovotesticular DSD
  • XX Male Syndrome, Sry-Positive

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JL50FCSN-J

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