(Department of Urology,the First People′s Hospital of Yulin,Guangxi,537000)
Abstract Purpose:To explore the diagnosis and treatment of ture hermaphrodites.Methods:Two cases with true hermaphroditism are described.Results:The first patient social sex female,with of 46,XX was changed to a female by removing of undescended testes and feminizing genitoplasty.Development of secondary sexual characieristics in this patients tends to female during the two years follow-up period.The second patient with social sex male has a karyotype of 46,XX/46,XY.The fallopian tubes and ovaries were removed.Urethroplasty was performed and Billateral cryptorchidisms were placed in the scrotum.Sex development of the patients similar to the boys with the same age.Conclusions:As far as the treatment of ture hermaphroditism is concerned,the external genitals should be changed according to the gonads and anatomic findings.Contradictory gonadal and intemal ductal structures should be removed.Sex hormons may be given following the operation.
Key words Hermaphroditism Sex chromosome abnormalities Gentalia orthopaedics