True Hermaphrodite: A Case Report
Journal Title: APSP Journal of Case Reports - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
True hermaphrodite is one of the rarest variety of disorders of sexual differentiation (DSD) and represents only 5% cases of all. A 3-year-old child presented with left sided undescended testis and penoscrotal hypospadias. Chordee correction was performed 18 months back, elsewhere. At laparotomy Mullerian structures were present on left side. On right side testis was normally descended into the scrotum.
Authors and Affiliations
Muhammad Iqbal, Mazhar Jam, Mushtaq Ahmad
Spontaneous Intravesical Knotting of Urethral Catheter
Infant feeding tubes (IFT) have been universally used as urethral catheters in neonates and children for several decades. Though generally a safe procedure, it may cause significant morbidity if the catheter spontaneousl...
A Giant Occipital Encephalocele
Giant occipital encephaloceles are rare lesions. Because of their enormous size they pose a surgical challenge. Herein we report a four months old female baby who presented with progressively increasing swelling over the...
Cecal Duplication Cyst Presenting as Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Infant
Delayed Presentation of Trichobezoar with Small Bowel Obstruction
Small bowel obstruction is a common surgical emergency but trichobezoar as an etiology, rarely reported. A seven year old school going female child presented with acute intestinal obstruction with a palpable and mobile m...
Actinomycosis Presenting as an Abdominal Mass in a Child
Abdominal actinomycosis in childhood period is very rare and a relation to trauma is not well established. Herein we report a case that appeared subsequent to abdominal trauma. A 17 years old boy presented with left lowe...