The evaluation and presentation of a rare case of gonadal dysgenesis

Ghafarnejad , M

Volume 54, Issue 2 And 3 (30 1996) Tehran Univ Med J 1996, 54(2 And 3): 45-49 | Back to browse issues page

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Ghafarnejad M. The evaluation and presentation of a rare case of gonadal dysgenesis. Tehran Univ Med J 1996; 54 (2 and 3) :45-49
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The evaluation and presentation of a rare case of gonadal dysgenesis

M Ghafarnejad ^*

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A seventeen-years old woman was presented with infertility and primary amenorrhea. She had normal stature, femate phenotype and normal development of breasts, external genitalia, vagina and cervix. Pelvic examination showed a large lobulated mass. On sonography there was a mass with probable origin of ovary. Paraclinic tests were carried out. Gonadotropins were in postmeno pausal limits. Alpha Fetoprotein, Beta Subunit (B-HCG) assay were normal Laparotomy revealed a gonadat mass on right side, normal uterus and left streak gonad. Pathologic report of tumor was dysgerminoma and teratoma. Due to pathology of tumor and Y chromosome, we advised the patient to remove the other streak gonad and have irradiatio