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Case Report
Male pseudo hermaphroditism: etiologic factors, clinical evaluation and surgical treatment case report
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Department of Gyn. Obst., University of Pavia
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1979, 6(3), 183–188;
Published: 10 September 1979
Abstract
A case of male pseudohermaphroditism with ambiguous external genitalia, surgically corrected in adulthood, with assignement of the phenotype to the female sex is described. The syndrome is ascribed to defective enzy-matic activity of the 17-ketosterol-reductase. Surgery was performed in order to obtain cor-rection of the patient ambiguous genitalia to the female genitalia and relative adjustment to the phenotype. Postoperatively, hormonal therapy was insti-tuted initially with a sequential estroprogestinic treatment and afterwards with quinestrol and cyproterone acetate, to establish a feminine hormonal pattern. A period of approximately two years was required before any positive conclusion could be drawn from our gynecological inter-vent10n.