Pseudohermaphroditism and Suprarenal Hyperplasia

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and vanishing testis: rare case of male pseudohermaphroditism

BACKGROUND Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and vanishing testes are uncommon diseases that can result from hormonal and mechanical factors. Classic CAH is determined by ambiguous genitalia and increase in amount of 17-Hydroxyprogesterone. Simultaneous occurrence of CAH and vanishing testes is a rare condition. CASE A 22-year-old boy, known case of CAH who was diagnosed as female pseudohe...

Male Pseudohermaphroditism

Suprarenal Tumors

maffin cells of the medulla, on the other hand, are derived from primitive mural elements having an origin in common with other components of the sympathetic nervous system. The pathologic behavior of the tumors emphasizes this two-fold origin (Fig. 1). The more rapidly growing cortical tumors are accompanied by changes in the sex characteristics of the patient, while the medullary tumors show ...

congenital adrenal hyperplasia and vanishing testis: rare case of male pseudohermaphroditism

background: congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah) and vanishing testes are uncommon diseases that can result from hormonal and mechanical factors. classic cah is determined by ambiguous genitalia and increase in amount of 17-hydroxyprogesterone. simultaneous occurrence of cah and vanishing testes is a rare condition. case: a 22-year-old boy, known case of cah who was diagnosed as female pseudohe...

Suprarenal Virilism

Until a year ago the patient, a girl aged 5 years, was to all appearances norma], mentally and physically. During the dst twelve months she became fat, listless, unusually silent, Prone to sit about, disinclined to take an interest in her Surroundings or to play with other children. With the increasing fatness growth in stature was at an normally vigorous rate, hair developing on the limbs and ...