Table 1: Summary of the clinical and gonadal features of nine
patients with ovotesticular DSD.
|
Sex of rearing |
Karyotype |
Clinical presentation |
Phenotype |
Right gonad |
Left gonad |
Age at gonadectomy or gonadal biopsy |
Spontaneous puberty |
|
|
Case 1 |
Male |
48
XXYY[33]/ 46
XX[86] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Unilateral right cryptorchidism, bifid
scrotum, hypospadias. |
UPB
and LPB: Mature testicular tissue. |
LPB:
well differentiated ovary tissue. |
2 months |
- |
|
Case 2 |
Female |
46
XX[100] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Bilateral cryptorchidism , hypospadias. |
Ovotestes. |
UPB:
no gonadal tissue detected. LPB: testicular parenchyma. |
1 month |
- |
|
Case 3 |
Female |
46
XX[100] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Unilateral right cryptorchidism, left gonad
not palpable, hypospadias. |
Immature
testicular tissue. |
Ovary
tissue. |
1 year 5 months |
No,
induced puberty at 10 years. |
|
Case 4 |
Male |
46
XY[70]/ 46
XX[30] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Non palpable gonads, hypospadias. |
Ovotestes. |
Ovary
tissue. |
1 year 8 months |
No,
induced puberty at 11 years. |
|
Case 5 |
Male |
46
XX |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Non palpable gonads, hypospadias. |
Ovotestes. |
Immature
testicular tissue. |
5 years |
- |
|
Case 6 |
Male |
46
XX[51]/ 46
XY[49] |
Gynecomastia |
Unilateral left cryptorchidism,
hypospadias. |
Mature
ovaric tissue. |
Mature
testicular tissue. |
10 years |
Yes |
|
Case 7 |
Male |
46
XX[100] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Gonads in scrotal pouch, hypospadias. |
UPB:
mature testicular tissue. LPB: Ovary tissue. |
UPB:
mature testicular tissue. LPB: Ovary tissue. |
4 years |
- |
|
Case 8 |
Female |
46
XX[30] |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Non palpable gonads, hypospadias. |
Ovotestes. |
Ovotestes. |
7 months |
- |
|
Case 9 |
Male |
46
XX |
Ambiguos
genitalia at birth. |
Retractile left gonad, hypospadias. |
Ovotestes. |
Mature
testicular tissue. |
7 years 8 months |
No,
induced puberty at 14 years. |
UPB: Upper Pole Biopsy; LPB: Lower Pole Biopsy.