2017
DOI: 10.1515/mmr-2017-0023
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Case Report of Feminizing Genital Reconstruction in a Female with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Abstract: Introduction. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis. In approximately 90-95% of the CAH cases, it is a deficiency of the enzyme steroid 21-hydroxylase. The degree of enzyme insufficiency determines the severity of the disease. In the simple virilizing type of CAH dominant symptoms are virilization in girls and precocious puberty in boys. Virilizing type of CAH is the most common etiology of ambiguous genitalia in women. There are several opt… Show more

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