Ovarian Neoplasms in a Hermaphrodite

Abstract

HERMAPHRODITISM in itself is a rare anomaly. The additional occurrence of bilateral gonadal neoplasms is exceedingly uncommon. The present paper reports the case of a "male" hermaphrodite with a pseudomucinous cystadenoma of the right ovary and a dysgerminoma (seminoma) of the opposite gonad.General ConsiderationsHermaphroditism is the term used to designate the congenital possession by one person of both male and female sex organs. Two forms exist, true hermaphroditism and pseudohermaphroditism. Diagnosis of the former requires the presence of both ovary and testis either as separate organs or combined to form unilateral or bilateral ovotestes. In pseudohermaphroditism, on the . . .