Testicular Feminization: Symptoms & Signs (Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Male Pseudohermaphroditism)

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Alternate Names : Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Male Pseudohermaphroditism

This condition may be suspected when:

a young girl has a small groin hernia, and testicles are found in the hernia sac

an older girl does not menstruate, which is called amenorrhea

at puberty a girl develops breasts, but little or no pubic or underarm hair

the genitals are somewhat ambiguous, as in the incomplete form of testicular feminization

a young woman is infertile, and also has amenorrhea

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Author: Stuart Wolf, MD
Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
Date Reviewed: 06/07/01

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