Abstract

FERNANDEZ-FERNANDEZ, Jesús et al. Bilateral gonadectomy and laparoscopic hysterosalpingectomy in an adolescent with ovotesticular disorder of sexual development: Case Report. Invest. clín [online]. 2009, vol.50, n.4, pp.507-511. ISSN 0535-5133.

Disorders of sexual development in adolescents refer to children whose genitals at birth present characteristics of both genders, or to those children with normal phenotype that present a development alteration during puberty or adolescence. These disorders represent diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, because they can be triggered by different nosological entities; and on the other hand, patients carrying the same pathologies can present different anatomical alterations. Laparoscopy plays an important role in the diagnostic approach of these patients because, besides the fact that it allows an excellent visualization of the internal genitals anatomy, it also allows tissue sample taking for histological studies. On the other hand, from a therapeutic point of view, laparoscopic surgery allows removal of internal structures opposed to the patient’s definite gender. We report the case of an adolescent with ovotesticular disorder of sexual development (True Hermaphrodite) from whom, once his male gender was socially defined, the embrionary remnants derived from Müller were removed through laparoscopic approach. Mamoplastic reduction and testicular prosthesis implantation were also practiced through conventional surgery.

Keywords : Laparoscopic; gonadectomy; Müllerian remnants; ovotesticular disorder of sexual development.

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