As hinted by its name, Penile Stories is going to be a blog about stories from all over the world that are somehow related to a penis.
I will start my blog with a relatively recent story that took place about a few weeks ago. The incident occurred in Hong-Kong and the story got out on June 5, 2013.
In this story, a 66-year old Vietnamese man living in Hong Kong went to a local hospital because he had a swollen abdomen that caused him a lot of pain. Two interesting things about this man were that he had a very small penis with anorchia (no testicles) and he was quite short, only 4'5" tall (about 1 metre and 38 centimetres)
The doctors who examined him were left simply speechless, because the true reason behind his swollen abdomen was a cyst on his ovaries ! Yes, the "man" had ovaries, meaning that he was actually a woman and not a man as he thought for the past 66 years of his life !
But how is it possible for a woman to have a penis (even if it is a short one), facial hair and generally male characteristics ?
According to the attending doctors, this was the result of a very unique combination of conditions. The doctors, from the Kwong Wah hospital where the patient was initially treated and from Queen Elizabeth Hospital who later examined him as well, explain that his male characteristics are the result of two extremely rare conditions.
The first condition is a chromosomal abnormality called Turner Syndrome and the second one is a genetic disorder congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Having both disorders is extraordinarily rare while the medical literature contains only six similar cases.
In this story, a 66-year old Vietnamese man living in Hong Kong went to a local hospital because he had a swollen abdomen that caused him a lot of pain. Two interesting things about this man were that he had a very small penis with anorchia (no testicles) and he was quite short, only 4'5" tall (about 1 metre and 38 centimetres)
The doctors who examined him were left simply speechless, because the true reason behind his swollen abdomen was a cyst on his ovaries ! Yes, the "man" had ovaries, meaning that he was actually a woman and not a man as he thought for the past 66 years of his life !
But how is it possible for a woman to have a penis (even if it is a short one), facial hair and generally male characteristics ?
According to the attending doctors, this was the result of a very unique combination of conditions. The doctors, from the Kwong Wah hospital where the patient was initially treated and from Queen Elizabeth Hospital who later examined him as well, explain that his male characteristics are the result of two extremely rare conditions.
The first condition is a chromosomal abnormality called Turner Syndrome and the second one is a genetic disorder congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Having both disorders is extraordinarily rare while the medical literature contains only six similar cases.
"The patient, by definition, is a woman who cannot get pregnant. But she also has CAH, which gave her the appearance of a man,” said Ellis Hon Kam-lun, a pediatrics professor from a Chinese University.
"It's an interesting and very rare case of having the two combinations. It probably won't be seen again in the near future."
"We report on a 66-year-old Chinese, brought up as male, with a simple virilising form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia associated with Turner's syndrome (karyotype 45,X/47,XXX/46,XX). His late presentation was recognised due to his exceptionally short stature and persistent sexual ambiguity. His condition was only brought to medical attention as he developed a huge abdominal mass, which later turned out to be a benign ovarian mucinous cyst." a segment from what the researchers wrote in the corresponding paper.
Reportedly, the woman decided to continue “perceiving himself as having a male gender with the possible need of testosterone replacement.”
"We report on a 66-year-old Chinese, brought up as male, with a simple virilising form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia associated with Turner's syndrome (karyotype 45,X/47,XXX/46,XX). His late presentation was recognised due to his exceptionally short stature and persistent sexual ambiguity. His condition was only brought to medical attention as he developed a huge abdominal mass, which later turned out to be a benign ovarian mucinous cyst." a segment from what the researchers wrote in the corresponding paper.
Reportedly, the woman decided to continue “perceiving himself as having a male gender with the possible need of testosterone replacement.”
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