Clinical Characteristics of 46,XX Males with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2021 Jun 2;13(2):180-186. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2020.0216. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Abstract

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the follow-up data in patients with 46,XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) who were raised male.

Methods: A national database was created. The data of patients were asked to be recorded in the data form.

Results: The median (range) age of diagnosis was three (0.1-18.3) years in 44 patients. Twenty nine cases were diagnosed after the age of two years. Most (95.4%) cases were stage 4-5 virilized. Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoopherectomy, at a median age of 7.25 (2.4-25.3) years, was performed in 35 cases. Testicular prostheses were placed in 11 (25%) cases at a median age of 11.2 (2.8-17) years. The median final height was 149.2 (132.8-172) cms in 38 patients, including simple virilizing (n=18), salt-wasting (n=6), and 11-beta hydroxylase (n=12). Of the 16 patients above the age of eighteen, university education was completed in 25%.

Conclusion: It was seen that most (65.9%) of the 46,XX CAH cases raised male were diagnosed after two years of age. In these cases, hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoopherectomy, genital corrective surgeries and testicular prosthesis operations were performed in a very wide age rage.

Keywords: 46,XX; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; final height.

MeSH terms

  • 46, XX Disorders of Sex Development* / diagnosis
  • 46, XX Disorders of Sex Development* / epidemiology
  • 46, XX Disorders of Sex Development* / therapy
  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital* / diagnosis
  • Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital* / epidemiology
  • Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital* / therapy
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sex Reassignment Surgery
  • Virilism* / diagnosis
  • Virilism* / epidemiology
  • Virilism* / therapy
  • Young Adult