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| broad opening of bladder on abdominal wall; due to insufficient mesoderm on abdominal wall; assoc. with epispadias |
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| failure of urethra to close on dorsal penis |
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| patent urachus (urachal fistula) |
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| urine leaks out at umbilicus |
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| blind sac assoc with urachus; may become infected, leaking into umbilicus or bladder |
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| blind pouch from persisting urachus, not connected to bladder; infection may result in discharge at umbilicus |
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| 45XO; no germ cells; pheno. female, but sexual immaturity; webbed neck, short stature, broad chest |
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| 47XXY; pheno male; small testes, enlarged breasts; female hair and fat; failure of leydig cells to produce suff. testosterone post-puberty |
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| both testicular and ovarian tissue (present in both or one teste); external varies; test. portion may cause malignancy |
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Male 46XY intersex
def. in 5-alpha reductase |
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cause: inadequate testosterone
genitalia often masculinize at puberty |
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Male 46XY intersex
androgen insensitivity |
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| undescended testes; phenotypic female; shallow vagina, no uterus or tubes; |
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Male 46XY intersex
persistent mullerian duct syndrome |
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| testes, as well as uterine tube and uterus present; often one undescended testes; inguinal hernia containing uterus |
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| female internal genitalia, male external genitalia; masculinized by excessive androgen (adrenal cortex - cong. hyperplasia) or by hormonal treatment during pregnancy |
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| congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
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female - 60% of intersex cases; ovary, uterus, and vagina normal; labia fuse to form scrotum, with no testes, and clitoris elongates to appearancy of penis
males: early pubery |
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| most common penis malformation; urethral oriface open on ventral penis |
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