Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome: Lessons learned from managing a series of eight patients over a 10-year period and review of literature regarding malignant risk from the Müllerian remnants

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11 C, 2012, Pages

  Farikullah, Jasmin ^a   Ehtisham, Sarah ^b   Nappo, Simona ^c   Patel, Leena ^b   Hennayake, Supul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatric Endocrinology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Laparoscopy; Malignancy; M llerian; Persistent M llerian duct syndrome; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CRYPTORCHISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORCHIDOPEXY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PERSISTENT MUELLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEWBORN; PERSISTENT MULLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TESTIS TUMOR;

46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; ORCHIOPEXY; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873276494     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11184.x     Document Type: Article

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