A Testicular Regression Syndrome Presenting with Feminisation
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism - Year 2005, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Testicular regression syndrome is a kind of genital abnormality associated with cessation of testicular function. In the patients with 46 XY karyotype, genital elements are absent, and development of genital duct, urogenital sinus and external genitalia is heterogeneous. Here we described a female patient with the complaint of primary amenorrhea and absence of breast development. After imaging studies, dynamic tests, karyotype analysis and laparoscopic investigation the diagnosis was testicular regression syndrome.
Authors and Affiliations
Bekir Çakır, Serdar Güler, Reyhan Ersoy, Kamile Gül, Oya Topaloğlu, Gül Gürsoy, Bülent Gökmen
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