[Mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD). Description of a case]

Minerva Endocrinol. 1991 Oct-Dec;16(4):203-6.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors report a case of mixed gonadal dysgenesis (DGM), with a mosaic karyotype consisting of two cell lines, one with 45 chromosomes and monosomic X (50%), the other with 46 chromosomes and one Y dicentric chromosome (50%). The patient presents a male phenotype, hypospadias (3rd degree), left cryptorchidism, hypotrophic right testis, short stature and a gonadal asymmetry.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cryptorchidism / genetics
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed* / genetics
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypospadias / genetics
  • Male
  • Mosaicism
  • Phenotype
  • Y Chromosome / ultrastructure