TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful monozygotic twin pregnancy fathered by a male 46,XY true hermaphrodite
AU - Younis, Johnny S.
AU - Radin, Orit
AU - Kerner, Hedviga
AU - Ben-Ami, Moshe
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - This report presents an unusual case of absolute non-obstructive azoospermia revealed to be a male 46,XY true hermaphrodite who was successfully treated to father healthy monozygotic twins. A 27-year-old infertile male with non-obstructive azoospermia previously underwent an unsuccessful testicular sperm extraction procedure and refused donor sperm insemination. Revising the patient's old records revealed that he was born with ambiguous genitalia. He had a 46,XY karyotype and was raised as a male. During childhood he underwent ambiguous genitalia reconstruction, right orchiopexy and left salpingo-oophorectomy that revealed a gonadoblastoma. A new treatment was employed performing testicular fine needle aspiration leading successfully to a monozygotic twin pregnancy. As far as is known, this is the first reported case of healthy twins fathered by a male 46,XY true hermaphrodite.
AB - This report presents an unusual case of absolute non-obstructive azoospermia revealed to be a male 46,XY true hermaphrodite who was successfully treated to father healthy monozygotic twins. A 27-year-old infertile male with non-obstructive azoospermia previously underwent an unsuccessful testicular sperm extraction procedure and refused donor sperm insemination. Revising the patient's old records revealed that he was born with ambiguous genitalia. He had a 46,XY karyotype and was raised as a male. During childhood he underwent ambiguous genitalia reconstruction, right orchiopexy and left salpingo-oophorectomy that revealed a gonadoblastoma. A new treatment was employed performing testicular fine needle aspiration leading successfully to a monozygotic twin pregnancy. As far as is known, this is the first reported case of healthy twins fathered by a male 46,XY true hermaphrodite.
KW - Gonadoblastoma
KW - Monozygotic twin
KW - Non-obstructive azoospermia
KW - True hermaphrodite
KW - Twin pregnancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650512003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.10.002
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C2 - 21115272
AN - SCOPUS:78650512003
SN - 1472-6483
VL - 22
SP - 80
EP - 82
JO - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
JF - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
IS - 1
ER -