Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
True hermaphroditism causing large clitoris in young German
By Sommer, M M & Meyers-Wallen, V N·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1991·School of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: XX true hermaphroditism in a dog.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 5-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer was found to have true hermaphroditism, meaning she had both male and female reproductive organs. The dog had a large clitoris and her gonads were located near her kidneys, containing both male and female tissue. Fortunately, her uterus appeared normal and there were no signs of any health issues related to this condition. This unique case highlights the complexity of reproductive development in dogs, but it did not seem to cause any immediate health problems for the puppy.
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Abstract
XX True hermaphroditism was identified in a 5-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer with a large clitoris. The gonads were situated caudal to the kidneys at the cranial tips of the uterine horns, and were composed mainly of seminiferous tubules and interstitial cells and had ovarian follicles in the cortices. Each gonad had efferent tubules, a pampiniform plexus, fimbriae, and a uterine tube. The uterus was positioned normally in the abdomen and had no gross or histologic abnormalities. Giemsa-banded karyotypes revealed a normal female 78,XX chromosomal complement with no structural abnormalities.
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