Instead, doctors operating on what they thought were hernias for their three fathers found that the bulge actually contained the female genitals.
The 67-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in Kosovo and complained of swelling in her groin. This swelling lasted for 10 years, with only one drooping testicle.
Doctors diagnosed an inguinal hernia when the tissue pierced the groin in the upper thigh.
However, when the surgeon examined the mass, they found the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and his missing testicles.
The case was revealed in the journal Urology case report By a doctor working at Pristina University.
The man was diagnosed with a very rare condition known as persistent Muellerian duct syndrome (PDMS).
Only 200 cases have been reported of conditions that occur when a man has a female reproductive organ next to the penis and scrotum.
This occurs when the beginning of the uterus, known as the Muller’s duct, does not break during the early development of the man.
However, in very rare cases this does not happen and some boys are born with both genital sets.
Symptoms of this condition include cryptorchidism and inguinal hernias.
However, female organs are usually not found unless surgery is done to treat the mass.
The patient has been suffering from lumps for 10 years, growing when standing up or coughing, but flattening when lying down.
During surgery to repair it, doctors discovered that the pear-like structure they found was the uterus.
They also found a scrotum containing the fallopian tubes and the testicles to which the ovaries were attached.
They diagnosed him with PMDS, the main symptom of inguinal hernia.
This story originally appeared Sun Reproduced here with permission.
