Abstract
Ovotesticular disorder is a rare form of sexual development in which a patient may
have one ovary and one testis, or more commonly a gonad or gonads containing both
ovarian and testicular tissue. Patients with this condition typically present in infancy
with ambiguous genitalia. Delayed presentations of clinically symptomatic, older patients
with normal external genitalia are extremely rare. We present a case of a 14-year-old
male with normal external genitalia who presented with symptoms and signs consistent
with spermatic cord torsion but found to have ovotesticular disorder on evaluation.
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Publication history
Published online: November 28, 2021
Accepted:
November 14,
2021
Received:
August 7,
2021
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