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Laparoscopic evaluation and management of a child with ambiguous genitalia, ectopic spleen, and Meckel's diverticulum
T V Martin1, K R Anderson, R M Weiss
1Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Techniques in Urology
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Laparoscopy may be helpful in the evaluation and management of the child with intersex. Laparoscopic excision of dysgenetic gonads may be necessary due to the increased risk of malignancy. Residual müllerian duct structures are removed to prevent symptomatic complications at puberty. We present the case of a laparoscopic evaluation and management of a 46XY child with ambiguous genitalia, as well as the laparoscopic management of two unrelated anomalies discovered at the time of surgery.