Unexpected finding of an intact distal vagina in an infant with mixed gonadal dysgenesis

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2011;24(9-10):831-3. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2011.336.

Abstract

Mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD) is a form of sex chromosome disorder of sex development with large phenotypic variability. Patients with MGD typically have asymmetric and ambiguous genitalia with a combination of Müllerian and Wolffian duct derivatives. Prenatal androgen exposure results in variable degrees of phallic enlargement and a urogenital sinus. Here, we report an infant with ambiguous genitalia due to MGD. Despite marked evidence of prenatal androgen exposure, there was a completely intact distal vagina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Disorders of Sex Development / pathology*
  • Female
  • Genitalia, Male
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Urogenital System / pathology*
  • Vagina*
  • Virilism / pathology