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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410227
Yu Hong, Chun-ke Li and Hai-qi Liang
Article Type: Case Report | Indexed Archive: Volume 9
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is an X-linked recessive genetic disease caused by the absence or defects of androgen receptor (AR). Due to the insensitivity to androgen, clinically, patients often manifest as sexual development disorder. According to the grade of the remaining AR function, AIS is classified as complete (CAIS), partial (PAIS) or mild (MAIS). A 14-year-old Chinese child, raised as female, presents with primary amenorrhea....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410226
Joshua Daum, BS, Lauren Griebel, MD and Paul Magtibay, MD
Article Type: Case Review | Indexed Archive: Volume 9
31-year-old nulliparous female with grade 2 immature teratoma presented following presumed treatment failure. Tumor markers remained consistently normal. Biopsies demonstrated gliomatosis peritonei (GP). Despite chemotherapy, tumor growth persisted. She then underwent fertility-sparing cytoreductive surgery. Final pathology showed no evidence of malignancy and presence of only mature teratoma cells....
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