Diseases

Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development

Conditions of sexual ambiguity in which the individual possesses gonadal tissues of both sexes, tissues from the OVARY and the TESTIS. There can be a testis on one side and an ovary on the other (lateral), or there may be combined ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestes) on each side (bilateral). The karyotype may be 46,XX; 46,XY; or a mosaic of 46,XX/46,XY. These disorders have historically been called true hermaphroditism.

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Conditions of sexual ambiguity in which the individual possesses gonadal tissues of both sexes, tissues from the OVARY and the TESTIS. There can be a testis on one side and an ovary on the other (lateral), or there may be combined ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestes) on each side (bilateral). The karyotype may be 46,XX; 46,XY; or a mosaic of 46,XX/46,XY. These disorders have historically been called true hermaphroditism.

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  • 46,XX Gonadal Dysgenesis, Complete, Sry-Positive
  • 46,XX True Hermaphroditism, Sry-Positive
  • Ovotesticular DSD
  • Ovotesticular Disorder Of Sex Development
  • XX Male Syndrome, Sry-Positive
  • DSD, Ovotesticular
  • DSDs, Ovotesticular
  • Ovotesticular DSDs
  • XX Male Syndrome, Sry Positive
  • Familial True Hermaphroditism
  • Familial XX True Hermaphroditism
  • Hermaphroditism, True
  • True Hermaphroditism
  • Familial True Hermaphroditisms
  • Hermaphroditism, Familial True
  • Hermaphroditisms, Familial True
  • Hermaphroditisms, True
  • True Hermaphroditism, Familial
  • True Hermaphroditisms
  • True Hermaphroditisms, Familial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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note entry term HERMAPHRODITISM, TRUE: HERMAPHRODITISM see DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT is also available

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History Note

2011 (2006)

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Previous Indexing

  • Hermaphroditism (1964-2005)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050090. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050090
  2. Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovotesticular_disorder_of_sex_development
  3. Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54944059