TY - JOUR T1 - Detection of Y chromosomal material in ovarian (gonadal) tumours JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 473 LP - 473 DO - 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200527 VL - 65 IS - 5 AU - Colin J R Stewart Y1 - 2012/05/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/65/5/473.1.abstract N2 - I read the article by Shahsiah and colleagues with interest.1 The authors analysed 47 ovarian germ cell tumours for the presence of testis-specific protein Y-encoded (TSPY) using a PCR technique and identified significant levels of TSPY in seven cases. The importance of identifying Y chromosomal material in these cases, and in phenotypic women generally, is that such patients have increased risk of … ER -