A
66-YEAR-OLD man who went to the doctors with stomach ache got a shock - when he
was told he was actually a WOMAN.
Stunned doctors realised the bearded
patient was actually a woman when they found that the swollen belly was
actually a large cyst on her ovary.
The subject suffered from two rare
genetic disorders, one of which, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, increases male
hormones meaning they had a beard and a "micropenis", the Hong
Kong Medical Journal reported.
The other - Turner Syndrome - affects
peoples X and Y chromosomes.
The patient, who grew up as an orphan,
was found to have no testes, and stopped growing after puberty at the age of
10.
