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New page: * '''Developmental abnormalities resulting in discordance between genetic, gonadal or phenotypic sex.''' * '''Includes true hermaphrodites, pseudohermaphrodites and other forms of sex reve...
* '''Developmental abnormalities resulting in discordance between genetic, gonadal or phenotypic sex.'''
* '''Includes true hermaphrodites, pseudohermaphrodites and other forms of sex reversal.'''
== Hermaphroditism ==
* Individual possessing gonads of both sexes.
* Rare
'''''Aetiology'''''
* Failure of embryological differentiation of gonads during foetal life leads to the presence of both ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestis or one of each type).
'''''Consequence'''''
* The tract is predominantly female, although there is often an enlarged clitoris and reduced vulval lips.
* Usually XX with H-Y antigen (protein normally coded for by Y chromosome).
* '''Includes true hermaphrodites, pseudohermaphrodites and other forms of sex reversal.'''
== Hermaphroditism ==
* Individual possessing gonads of both sexes.
* Rare
'''''Aetiology'''''
* Failure of embryological differentiation of gonads during foetal life leads to the presence of both ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestis or one of each type).
'''''Consequence'''''
* The tract is predominantly female, although there is often an enlarged clitoris and reduced vulval lips.
* Usually XX with H-Y antigen (protein normally coded for by Y chromosome).