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De Gruyter, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 5-6(25), 2012

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0063

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Splenogonadal fusion and sex reversal

Journal article published in 2012 by Ruth Speare, Julian Roberts, Marta Cohen ORCID, Jerry Wales
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Abstract

Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital malformation where an abnormal union occurs between the spleen and gonad or mesonephric derivatives. Although it occurs in females it is much less prevalent than in males (male:female ratio, 16:1), but this may partly be because of the inaccessibility of the female gonads leading to under-diagnosis. To our knowledge this is the first case of splenogonadal fusion associated with sex reversal reported in the literature.