A man in Hong Kong visited his doctor complaining with abdominal swelling only to discover upon further examination that he was actually a woman.
The unnamed patient arrived at Kwong Wah Hospital in Hong Kong and talked to doctors about the stomach cramps. After an examination, it was determined the man had a swelling which was caused by a cyst on one of his ovaries.
The doctors explained that the patient suffered from both the chromosomal abnormality known as Turner Syndrome and the genetic disorder congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), giving him the internal organs of a woman along with the physical appearance of a man. The results were published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal.
“The patient, by definition, is a woman who cannot get pregnant. But she also has CAH, which gave her the appearance of a man,” Chinese University pediatrics professor Ellis Hon Kam-luntold the South China Morning Post. “It’s an interesting and very rare case of having the two combinations. It probably won’t be seen again in the near future.”
According to Gawker.com, there are only six instances of both disorders occurring simultaneously in medical history. The gentleman in question had no detectable testicles.
The patient has decided to live his life as a man and has considered undergoing hormone treatment.
