Research Article

408 Cases of Genital Ambiguity Followed by Single Multidisciplinary Team during 23 Years: Etiologic Diagnosis and Sex of Rearing

Table 1

Frequencies of etiological diagnosis in 408 consecutive cases of DSD with ambiguous genitalia followed at GIEDDS, UNICAMP, between January 1989 and December 2011.

Syndromic diagnosisEtiologic diagnosis

46,XX ovarian DSDCongenital adrenal hyperplasia6916.965.7
Isolated clitoromegaly194.718.1
Syndromic102.59.5
Teratogeni20.51.9
Idiopathic51.24.8

Total10525.8100.0

46,XY testicular DSDHypogonadotropic hypogonadism122.96.3
Defect in the LH/hCG receptor20.51.1
Synthesis of testosterone defect41.02.1
Androgen insensitivity
Total153.77.9
Partial102.55.3
5α-Reductase type 2 deficiency204.910.6
Muller duct persistence41.02.1
Teratogenic151.22.6
Syndromic409.821.2
Idiopathic7718.840.8

Total18946.3100.0

Disorders of gonadal developmentOvotesticular DSD225.423.1
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis256.126.3
Partial gonadal dysgenesis
SRY mutation20.52.1
WT1 mutation51.25.3
NR5A1 mutation92.39.5
No defined cause225.423.1
46,XX testicular DSD30.73.2
Testicular regression syndrome71.77.4

Total9523.3100.0

OthersEpispadias41.021.0
Penis malformation51.226.3
Clitoris malformation61.531.7
Multiple malformations41.021.0

Total194.7100.0

= relative frequency (%) in relation to the total number of cases of genital ambiguity (408); = relative frequency (%) in the number of cases of the diagnostic group (105 46,XX ovarian DSD; 189 46,XY testicular DSD; 95 DDG and 19 others); = use of drugs by the mother during pregnancy.