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A Rare Case With Sex Developmental Disorder



Dehkordi EH1 ; Salek M2 ; Hashemipour M1 ; Moaddab MH1
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Source: Journal of Isfahan Medical School Published:2010

Abstract

Background: Disorder of sex development (DSD) is defined as a congenital mismatch between sex phenotype, gonadal and sex chromosome, which mainly present with atypical genital appearance or ambiguous genitalia. It consider as a medical emergency and the cases should be evaluate immediately for detection of life threatening conditions and determination of gender. Case Report: We report a 50 days old infant with 49,XXXXY syndrome presenting with ambiguous genitalia. Conclusion: 49,XXXXY syndrome is a rare sex chromosome aneuploidy disorder, which represented with its classical triad consists of mental retardation, radioulnar synostosis and hypogonadism.