Gonadal Dysgenesis in a Newborn Infant

Abstract

MANY cases of the entity now known as gonadal dysgenesis have been reported in the literature since 1938, when Turner¹ described the syndrome associated with his name. Although cases have been reported under many different names^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} and with many variations and associated anomalies,⁹ they all have in common rudimentary gonadal anlagen without germinal cells, and female external genitalia.The purpose of this paper is to present a case of a newborn infant with gonadal dysgenesis autopsied nineteen days after birth, whose gonadal histology is unusual and in whom one umbilical artery was lacking.Case ReportThe mother of this baby . . .