Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome or testicular feminization: review of literature based on a case report

Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome or testicular feminization: review of literature based on a case report

Testicular feminization, or the androgen insensitivity syndrome, is a rare disease. Because of various abnormalities of the X chromosome, a male, genetically XY, has some physical characteristics of a woman or a full female phenotype. Indeed the androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs because of a re...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal Vol. 25; no. 199; p. 199
Main Authors: Souhail, Regragui, Amine, Slaoui, Nadia, Abounouh, Tarik, Karmouni, Khalid, El Khader, Abdellatif, Koutani, Ahmed, Ibn Attya
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
The African Field Epidemiology Network
The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects:
Adult
Amenorrhea - etiology
androgen
Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome - diagnosis
Case Report
Case reports
Female
feminization
Humans
insensitivity
laparoscopy
Male
Phenotype
testicular
laparoscopy
androgen
feminization
insensitivity
Testicular
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Summary:Testicular feminization, or the androgen insensitivity syndrome, is a rare disease. Because of various abnormalities of the X chromosome, a male, genetically XY, has some physical characteristics of a woman or a full female phenotype. Indeed the androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs because of a resistance to the actions of the androgen hormones, which in turn switches the development towards the aspect of a woman. We report a case of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in a 30 years old woman who presented primary amenorrhea. We aim to improve our knowledge of this illness from the data that provides us this study, and a review of the literature.
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ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2016.25.199.10758