66歲老漢香港就醫才知自己是女人 手術後繼續做男人
A Chinese man who went to the doctors with a swollen stomach was told that he is actually a woman.
一名中國男子由於胃部腫脹前往醫院，醫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歲的老人留着鬍子，一輩子都以男性自居，可是如今卻在香港被醫生告知他腫脹的腹部是由卵巢囊腫導致的。
Tests revealed the patient suffered two rare genetic disorders that had gone undiagnosed.
檢查結果顯示這位病人患有兩種之前並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症，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症，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.
香港醫學雜誌昨日發佈這條消息，稱在醫學文獻中僅報道過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.
特納綜合症通常由染色體的問題所導致，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.
患有特納綜合症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症通常在每15000個嬰兒中的一人身上發生，這種疾病將導致男性體徵過早出現或不適當地出現。
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，青春期之後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.
據報道，他也沒有睾丸，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.
參與撰寫醫學雜誌的7位醫生稱，這位出生在越南的病人將繼續以男性的身份生活下去，且可能接受睾丸素補充治療。
They said: 'Were it not due to the huge ovarian cyst, his intriguing medical condition might never have been exposed'.
他們說：“如果不是因爲這次卵巢囊腫，他有趣的身體狀況永遠不會被曝光。”
