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A case of unilateral ovo-testicular intersex in a five year old phenotypically male child referred for ambiguous genitalia is reported. General abnormalities included a prominent phallus, fusion of labia, bifid scrotum, absence of urethral opening and corpus. Gonads were not palpable. X and Y chromatin was found to be positive. Chromosome studies revealed 46, XX!46, XY karyotype. Laparotomy findings confirmed true hermaphroditism. The findings are compared and discussed with cases reported in the literature
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Shah, V.C., Krishna Murthy, D.S., Roy, S. et al. True hermaphrodite: 46, ;XX/46, XY, clinical, cytogenetic and histopathological studies. Indian J Pediatr 49, 885–890 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02976984
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