GONADAL DYSFUNCTIONS-YWK
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True Hermaphroditism
• is an extremely rare condition
• testis on one side and an ovary on the other, or may
be combined ovarian and testicular tissue, referred
to as ovotestes
• The karyotype is 46,XX in 50% of patients; of the
remaining, most are mosaics with a 46,XX/46,XY
karyotype.
• Only rarely is the chromosomal constitution 46,XY
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