A Chinese man who went to the doctors with a swollen stomach was told that he is actually a woman.
一名中國男子由于胃部腫脹前往醫(yī)院,醫(yī)生卻告知他實際上是一名女性。

The 66-year-old, who even has a beard, had lived his entire life as a man but was told by doctors in Hong Kong that his enlarged abdomen was caused by an ovarian cyst.
這名66歲的老人留著胡子,一輩子都以男性自居,可是如今卻在香港被醫(yī)生告知他腫脹的腹部是由卵巢囊腫導(dǎo)致的。

Tests revealed the patient suffered two rare genetic disorders that had gone undiagnosed.
檢查結(jié)果顯示這位病人患有兩種之前并未被診斷出的稀有遺傳疾病。

They showed the patient had Turner Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects about one in 2,000 baby girls, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which increases male hormones.
他們稱這位病人患有特納綜合癥,每2000個女嬰中會有1人存在這種基因狀況;同時,他還患有先天性腎上腺增生癥,這會增強人的雄性激素。

The Hong Kong Medical Journal, which published the information yesterday, said only six cases of people with both disorders had ever been reported in medical literature.
香港醫(yī)學(xué)雜志昨日發(fā)布這條消息,稱在醫(yī)學(xué)文獻(xiàn)中僅報道過6個同時患有這兩種遺傳病的案例。

Turner Syndrome usually results from a problem with the chromosomes and can leave women infertile and shorter than normal.
特納綜合癥通常由染色體的問題所導(dǎo)致,這種疾病會讓女性無法生殖且身高比常人矮。

Women with the syndrome are missing one or part of their second X chromosome.
患有特納綜合癥的女性往往缺失一種或部分第二X染色體。

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia affects one in around 15,000 births and causes male characteristics to appear early or inappropriately.
而先天性腎上腺增生癥通常在每15000個嬰兒中的一人身上發(fā)生,這種疾病將導(dǎo)致男性體征過早出現(xiàn)或不適當(dāng)?shù)爻霈F(xiàn)。

The patient had grown up an orphan and stopped growing after puberty at the age of 10 and was just 4.5ft tall.
這位病人是一名孤兒,青春期之后差不多十歲的時候就停止了生長,身高只有4.5英尺(1.37米)。

The patient also had no testes and a 'micro-penis', according to the report.
據(jù)報道,他也沒有睪丸,只有“迷你”的生殖器官。

Girls with the disorder have normal female reproductive organs but can suffer with fertility problems.
患有這種疾病的女性會有正常的生殖器官,但會但患有生育障礙。

Seven doctors, writing in the medical journal, said the Vietnam-born patient would continue to live as a man and may be treated with testosterone replacement.
參與撰寫醫(yī)學(xué)雜志的7位醫(yī)生稱,這位出生在越南的病人將繼續(xù)以男性的身份生活下去,且可能接受睪丸素補充治療。

They said: 'Were it not due to the huge ovarian cyst, his intriguing medical condition might never have been exposed'.
他們說:“如果不是因為這次卵巢囊腫,他有趣的身體狀況永遠(yuǎn)不會被曝光?!?/div>