Etiology, clinical profile, gender identity and long-term follow up of patients with ambiguous genitalia in India.
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 15 (4), 423-430
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem.2002.15.4.423
Abstract
There is little information on the profile of children with ambiguous genitalia in India. Presented here is an analysis of patients with ambiguous genitalia registered in a general endocrine clinic during the last 2 decades. Seventy-four patients (age 4 months to 36 years) were registered during this period. Fifty-two were more than 5 years old at the time of registration. Thirty-five were reared as females, 29 as males; nine children (4 months to 1 year old) were brought for sex assignment, and one (with epispadias) was brought for correction of urinary incontinence. Investigations revealed 28 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, 14 dysgenetic male pseudohermaphroditism, ten true hermaphroditism, six partial androgen insensitivity, four castration and one epispadias. There were eight patients with perineal hypospadias with normal Leydig cell reserve (normal LH, FSH and testosterone response to LHRH). Sex of rearing and gender identity were concordant in all except the patients with perineal hypospadias with normal Leydig cell response. These observations support the theory that prenatal androgen exposure masculinizes the brain.Keywords
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