Anomalie de développement sexuel : un cas de pseudohermaphrodisme masculin ou anomalie de développement sexuel

Abstract

The feminine pseudohermaphrodism (FPH) or anomaly of the sexual development XX, rare intersexual state, represents the most frequent affection of the anomalies of the sexual development. The most frequent reason is the congenital hyperplasia of the adrenal. We return in this present work a case of feminine pseudohermaphrodism or anomaly of the sexual development XX. It was about a patient, of masculine kind, received in consultation at the age of 14 years for bilateral cryptorchidism confirmed to the clinical exam. The cytogenetic analysis indicated a normal karyotype of feminine type. The blood hormonal dosage indicated a block in 11β-OH. The analysis of this observation raises the carelessness or the ignorance of the parents facing the pathologies serious neonatal where the child's vital prognosis is not hired but to the heavy consequences for the insertion of these children in the society.

Keywords : Feminine pseudohermaphrodism, anomaly of the sexual development XX, karyotype, social sex

J. Rech. Sci. Univ. Lomé (Togo), 2012, Série D14(1) : 67-70