Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Successful Laparoscopic Management

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in Three Sisters

Laparoscopic gonadectomy in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome.

Laparoscopic orchiectomy was performed in a 16-year-old patient with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. Pathology revealed in situ carcinoma of the seminiferous tubules.

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.

The incidence of Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS) is about 1 in 20,000. People with CAIS are normal appearing females, despite the presence of testes and a 46, XY chromosome constitution. We came across a case in which a 17 years old girl presented with the complaint of inguinal hernia and amenorrhea. Subsequent investigations were done revealing absence of female internal genita...

complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in three sisters

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Comment on “Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Optimizing Diagnosis and Management”

1 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Unit, Program of Endocrinology, University of Bologna, Italy 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bologna, Italy 3 Adolescent Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy 4Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Italy 5 Pediatric Surg...