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. 1976 Sep;51(9):721–723. doi: 10.1136/adc.51.9.721

Female phenotype in a male child due to 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency.

G F Heremans, A J Moolenaar, H H van Gelderen
PMCID: PMC1546244  PMID: 999330

Abstract

The discovery of testicles in a 3-year-old girl with XY karyotype led to a diagnosis of testicular feminization. Subsequently, however, hypokalaemia, hypertension, and severe prostration during a mild infection suggested adrenal involvement, and investigations showed a 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. Diagnosis of testicular feminization should not be made without excluding a defect of testosterone synthesis.

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