{"title":"Ultrasonography for disorders of sex development in pediatrics.","authors":"Yuting Wu, Anqi Tao, Jigang Jing, Hua Zhuang","doi":"10.3389/fped.2025.1506996","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of ultrasonography in the management of disorders of sex development (DSDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ultrasonographic appearance and clinical data of 82 cases with DSD were reviewed retrospectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, there were 54 cases with the male phenotype and 28 cases with the female phenotype. All 12 cases with ovotesticular DSD were confirmed by surgery or pathological examination. Furthermore, 2 of 12 cases with ovotesticular DSD were misdiagnosed by ultrasonography.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ultrasonography can not only evaluate the internal sex organs in pediatric patients, but also estimate the type, location, size, and morphology of the gonads, which provides important imaging evidence for clinical diagnosis and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12637,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Pediatrics","volume":"13 ","pages":"1506996"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11973905/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Frontiers in Pediatrics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1506996","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of ultrasonography in the management of disorders of sex development (DSDs).
Methods: Ultrasonographic appearance and clinical data of 82 cases with DSD were reviewed retrospectively.
Results: In total, there were 54 cases with the male phenotype and 28 cases with the female phenotype. All 12 cases with ovotesticular DSD were confirmed by surgery or pathological examination. Furthermore, 2 of 12 cases with ovotesticular DSD were misdiagnosed by ultrasonography.
Conclusions: Ultrasonography can not only evaluate the internal sex organs in pediatric patients, but also estimate the type, location, size, and morphology of the gonads, which provides important imaging evidence for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
期刊介绍：
Frontiers in Pediatrics (Impact Factor 2.33) publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research broadly across the field, from basic to clinical research that meets ongoing challenges in pediatric patient care and child health. Field Chief Editors Arjan Te Pas at Leiden University and Michael L. Moritz at the Children''s Hospital of Pittsburgh are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide.
Frontiers in Pediatrics also features Research Topics, Frontiers special theme-focused issues managed by Guest Associate Editors, addressing important areas in pediatrics. In this fashion, Frontiers serves as an outlet to publish the broadest aspects of pediatrics in both basic and clinical research, including high-quality reviews, case reports, editorials and commentaries related to all aspects of pediatrics.
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