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Pure XY gonadal dysgenesis and agenesis in monozygotic twins
Hui-Yu Chen1, Hong-Yuan Huang, Ting-Chang Chang
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Kwei-Shan, Taiwan.
Objective:
To report a case of monozygotic twin sisters who had discordant gonadal dysgenesis although each had a normal 46,XY karyotype.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University tertiary hospital.
Patient(S):
Seventeen-year-old twin sisters, one with gonadal agenesis and the other with pure gonadal dysgenesis followed by dysgerminoma.
Intervention(S):
Blood samples were obtained for karyotyping and short tandem repeat polymorphism analysis (10 markers). Both patients underwent gonadectomy.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Both sisters are well at time of report after gonadectomy for the sister with dysgerminoma and diagnostic laparoscope for the other.
Result(S):
Dysgerminoma and atrophic ovarian stromal and tubal structures.
Conclusion(S):
Monozygotic twins can have discordant gonadal dysgenesis even though they are identical genetically.
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