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A large advanced seminoma in an older woman with androgen insensitivity syndrome

Authors :
Byung Moon Kang
Rae Mi You
Hyun Ok Kim
Chung Hoon Kim
Sung-Hoon Kim
Hyuk Jae Kang
Sun A. Kim
Hee Dong Chae
Source :
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2011.

Abstract

A 58-year-old woman who presented with inguinal hernia for the first time was diagnosed as seminoma and complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). The patient received a late diagnosis, and therefore she could not take a proper management. CAIS is a rare X-linked recessive disease with an XY karyotype that is caused by androgen receptor defects. It usually present with primary amenorrhea or inguinal hernia. The risk of malignant transformation of undescended testis increases with age, thus gonadectomy should be performed after puberty. We present a case of large advanced seminoma in a woman with CAIS who was neglected and diagnosed lately.

Details

ISSN :
22338233
Volume :
38
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e2e05551e7c21c05a50c02fe29be847d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5653/cerm.2011.38.2.115