All issues > Volume 31(11); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(11):1482-1485. Published online November 30, 1988.

A Case of Female Poseudoherma Phroditism due to Maternal Krukenberg Tumor.

Yong Sil Chi¹, Hwa Kyung Oh¹, Myung Jin Kim¹, Mi Na Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Cheil Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received: June 9, 1988;  Accepted: June 9, 1988.

Abstract

Hermaphroditism implies a discrepancy between the morphology of the gonads and of the external genitalia. We report a case of female infant with virilization bom to a mother who also developed signs of virilization during the pregnancy. Mother was diagnosed having huge, bilateral ovarian Krukenberg tumors metastsized from the stomach. A brief review of the literature was made.

Keywords :Krukenberg tumor, Hermaphroditism