Korean J Leg Med.
2003 Oct;27(2):73-77.
An Autopsy Case of a Transsexual Woman
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- 1Department of Anatomy, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. hsh@catholic.ac.kr
- 2Cell Death Disease Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
- 5Department of Forensic Medicine, Southern District of National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Busan
Abstract
- Transsexualism is a variety and complexity of conditions to the desire for sex change and may require medical treatments over psychological evaluations in some patients. Consequently, there is a potential confusion in the determination of anatomical sex in transsexuals arising from administration of hormone and/or sex reassignment surgery. In this article, we represent a case of a 52-year-old "woman"found dead on the road-side. "She"was naked on the scene and supposed to be murdered by strangulation of he neck. Surprisingly, autopsy findings as well as DNA typing revealed that "she"was transsexual once a man. We discuss medicolegal problems posed by medico-surgical treatment in transsexuals.
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