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Abstract
The first question asked about any newborn is “Is it a boy or a girl ?”. When this question cannot be answered because of genital or anatomical obscurity, its entrance into the social world may be halted until the child is sexed. The physician must act quickly to detect life-threatening conditions, make the parents comfortable with the situation, and initiate an evaluation that will permit prompt gender assignment.
This study was conducted on 21 patients with intersex. They were diagnosed based on phenotype (the appearance of external genitalia), genotype (conventional cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics) and pelvi-abdominal sonographic findings into two major groups, 12 patients with MPH (57%) and 9 patients with FPH (43 %).
The patients with MPH were further investigated and subgrouped based on hormonal profile and laparoscopic data into 7 patients with 5 ?-RD, one patient with RTS, one patient with PMDS and one patient with partial TF. In addition, there were 2 patients with abnormal chromosomal pattern that cannot fit in any of the above-mentioned subgroups (unclassified).
On the other hand, patients with FPH were further investigated and subgrouped based on hormonal profile into 8 patients with CAH and one patient with virilizing adrenal tumor.