Hermaphroditism
By L. Fleming Fallon Jr., MD, DrPHThe Gale Group Inc., Gale.. Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I, 2002more »
Definition ...
The older term for this condition, hermaphroditism, came from joining the names of a Greek god and goddess, Hermes and Aphrodite. Hermes was a god of male sexuality (among other things) and Aphrodite a goddess of female sexuality, love, and beauty.
false hermaphroditism
Type: Term
Synonyms: pseudohermaphroditism
The information shown above for false hermaphroditism is provided by Stedman's.
Male Pseudohermaphroditism - Testicular Feminization
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
Attribution ...
Alternate Names : Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome, Incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism
Definition ...
Hermaphroditism
Having genital attributes of both sexes. Some invertebrates are simultaneous hermaphrodites, and some fish are sequential hermaphrodites that change from male to female, or vice versa, ...
True hermaphroditism: Children who have both male and female genitalia and internal reproductive organs.
pseudohermaphroditism
sjudh mfrdatzm noun a condition in which a person has either ovaries or testes but external genitalia ...
pseudohypertrophy ...
True hermaphroditism - children who have:
both ovarian and testicular tissues.
both genders' internal reproductive organs.
external genitalia that are partially ambiguous.
True hermaphroditism†
Tumors producing androgens (usually ovarian or adrenal)†
Tumors producing estrogens or tumors producing human chorionic gonadotropin (gestational trophoblastic disease) ...
Pseudohermaphroditism. The genitalia are of one sex, but some physical characteristics of the other sex are present.
True hermaphrodism. A very rare condition in which both ovarian and testicular tissue is present.
Pseudohermaphroditism
Urinary system
kidney/ureter: Renal agenesis/Potter syndrome - cystic (Polycystic kidney disease, Meckel syndrome, Multicystic dysplastic kidney) - Ectopic ureter - Horseshoe kidney - Renal ectopia ...
Nephropathy-Pseudohermaphroditism-Wilms Tumor
Nephrosis, nerve deafness, and hypoparathyroidism
Nephrosis-Microcephaly Syndrome
Nephrosis-Neuronal Dysmigration Syndrome
Nephrotic Syndrome
Nephrotic Syndrome, Corticosteroids for - Medication ...
Male Pseudohermaphroditism (Testicular Feminization)
Male Infertility
Malignancy (Cancer)
Malignant Hypertensive Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis (Malignant Hypertension)
Malignant Neutropenia (Agranulocytosis) ...
Male Pseudo-hermaphroditism see Androgen Insensitivity syndrome
Malignant Atrophic Papulosis see Degos disease
Malignant Histiocytosis see Histiocytosis
Malignant Hyperpyrexia see Malignant Hyperthermia
Malignant Hyperthermia ...
A type of male pseudohermaphroditism characterised by female external genitalia (may be ambiguous if the syndrome is incomplete), incompletely developed vagina often with rudimentary uterus and Fallopian tubes, ...
NMQAAC, Desquamating Agents, Diagnostic Technics, Radioisotope, Digestive System Diagnostic Technic, Dourine, Food Vending Machines, Ganglionic Stimulants, Gene, T-Cell Receptor, Genes, c-bcl-1, Hermaphroditism, Histocytological Preparation Technique, ...
Children with pseudo-hermaphroditism and/or renal disease (glomerulonephritis or nephrotic syndrome) who develop Wilms tumor may have the Denys-Drash or Frasier syndrome (characterized by male hermaphroditism, primary amenorrhea, ...
Familial incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism, type 2
male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5-alpha-reductase deficiency
PPSH
Pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias
Steroid 5-alpha-reductase deficiency ...
Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome; Incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
As a male baby grows in the womb, male hormones (androgens) are made. This leads to the development of male sex organs.
Pseudohermaphroditism-Nephron Disorder-Wilm's Tumor
pseudohypertrophic myopathy
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndrome
Pseudomyxoma Ovarii
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
Pseudoobstructive Syndrome
Pseudopelade ...
752.7 Indeterminate sex & pseudo-hermaphroditism
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753.1 Cystic kidney disease ...
Congenital abnormalities of the genital system
Gonadal dysgenesis
Turner's syndrome (XO)
Testicular feminization syndrome
True hermaphroditism
Cystic fibrosis
Craniopharyngioma
Prader-Willi syndrome ...
External female genitalia in males
Testis in inguinal canal
Testis in labial folds
Enlarged male breasts
Male pseudohermaphroditism
more symptoms...» ...
Congenital abnormalities of the upper genital system
Craniopharyngioma
Cystic fibrosis
Gonadal dysgenesis
Prader-Willi syndrome
Testicular feminization syndrome
True hermaphroditism
Turner syndrome (XO) ...
Medicines-some antidepressants, chemotherapeutics, corticosteroids, certain contraceptives.
Chromosomal abnormalities
Hermaphroditism (having both male and female reproductive characteristics)
Pituitary tumor
Thyroid dysfunction
Uterine scarring ...
 See also: Pseudohermaphroditism, Pregnancy, Symptom, Deficiency, Cancer
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