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Affected individuals present uterus and tubes in normally virilized males and are discovered unexpectedly during other surgeries. Since it is rare and complex, a definitive clinical diagnosis can be missed, and there are no guidelines regarding how to deal with the uterus. In the present study, exome sequencing and Sanger verification were performed for causal variants in 12 PMDS patients. Preoperative diagnoses were made by positive exome sequencing in 8 patients. Of them, 7 patients evoked on the basis of ultrasound indicating bilateral testes on the same side of the body. Twelve different\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">AMH<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants (2 frameshift\/nonsense, 1 deletion, 8 missense, and 1 in-frame) in 9 patients and 6 different\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">AMHR2<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants (5 missense and 1 splicing) in 3 patients were identified. Seven variants were classified as \u201cpathogenic\u201d or \u201clikely pathogenic\u201d, and 4 of them were novel. All but two patients with\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">AMH<\/jats:italic>\n                      defects showed low serum AMH concentrations, but all patients with\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">AMHR2<\/jats:italic>\n                      defects showed elevated AMH levels. During surgery, an abnormal vas deferens was observed in half of the patients. Eight patients underwent orchidopexy with uterine preservation. Of them, 2 patients presented complications including irreducible cryptorchidism, and 3 patients developed M\u00fcllerian remnant cysts. Three patients underwent subtotal hysterectomy. Of them, one patient had complication of injury to the vas deferens, and one had hemorrhage after operation. This is the first report of PMDS involving a large Chinese population. 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