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HEREDITARY FAMILIAL HYPOGONADISM [1 record]

Record 1 1981-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Histology
DEF

A syndrome of familial male pseudohermaphrodism associated with hypospadias, primary hypogonadism, postpubertal testicular atrophy and azoospermia; signs of testosterone deficiency, and often gynecomastia.

CONT

A complete Reifenstein syndrome with dysgenetic lesions of the seminiferous tubes and ambiguous genitals (short penis with hypospadias) as well as a deficiency in virility would be the maximal expression of the lesion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histologie
DEF

Malformation testiculaire congénitale et héréditaire [...] caractérisée par une atrophie post-pubertaire des tubes séminifères, une azoospermie et un degré variable d'eunuchoïsme, associés à un hypospadias. Le caryotype est normal, de type XY, dans tous les tissus, ce qui distingue ce syndrome de celui de Klinefelter.

CONT

Le pseudo-hermaphrodisme masculin peut reconnaître une origine génique comme dans la féminisation testiculaire ou le syndrome de Reifenstein.

Spanish

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