Speare Ruth, Roberts Julian, Cohen Marta, Wales Jerry
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sheffield Children's Foundation Trust Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2012;25(5-6):541-2. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0063.
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.
