Successful management of a 10-week cervical pregnancy with a combination of methotrexate and potassium chloride feticide.
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F T Kung
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Use of laparoscopy in intersex patients.
PURPOSE: Management of impalpable gonads in intersex patients remains a challenging problem. Since laparoscopic gonadectomy or gonadal preservation has been used in the management of impalpable gonads in the normal male population, laparoscopy can be an alternative method in the treatment of intersex patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Laparoscopic operations were performed on 6 patients with intersex conditions, including the testicular feminization syndrome in 2, 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency in 1, 5 alpha-reductase deficiency in 1 and mixed gonadal dysgenesis in 2. RESULTS: Laparoscopic gonadal biopsy, gonadectomy and hysterosalpingectomy were done in select patients. CONCLUSIONS: Although the initial diagnoses were made by phenotypic presentation, and biochemical and cytogenetic studies, laparoscopy had an important role in defining the internal ductal and gonadal structures to confirm the diagnosis, and served as an efficient method for gonadectomy and removing structures contrary to the assigned gender.
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