Patients with genital ambiguity referred without a sex definition: the relationship between clinical picture and defined sex of rearing.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It was to verify the association between the definition of sex of rearing and, clinical and cytogenetic features among patients with genital ambiguity referred without a sex assignment.

Methods

The sample consisted of 133 patients with genital ambiguity seen at a single reference service. These patients did not have a defined social sex at the first consultation and their etiological diagnosis was obtained during follow-up.

Results

A total of 133 cases were included, 74 of which were reared as males and 59 as females. No correlation was found between the year of birth and the year of the first consultation with the definition of sex of rearing. However, the definition of sex of rearing was associated with age at the first consultation, severity of genital am

SUBMITTER: Santos HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662739 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature