Male pseudohermaphroditism with os clitoris in three dogs

Male pseudohermaphroditism in dogs: three case reports

Three Cocker Spaniel dogs, 2–3 months old, weighing 3–4 kg, were presented to the Chonbuk Animal Medical Centre, Chonbuk National University, with intersex anomalies. Physical, radiological, gross, histological, hormonal and cytogenetic studies were performed. Physical examination of the external genitalia revealed that the dogs possessed the vulva with an enlarged clitoris protruding from the ...

Male Pseudohermaphroditism

Male Pseudohermaphroditism Presented with Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Torsades de pointes is a life-threatening arrhythmia associated with a number of causes, but is very rare among endocrinologic disorders. We report a case of male pseudohermaphroditism with hyperaldosteronism due to a 17α-hydroxylase deficiency presented with sudden cardiac arrest.

Clitorectomy for the Management of Os Clitoris in a Dog

Introduction Disorders of genital development occur in all species of mammals (Cribiu and Chaffaux, 1990; Passello-Legrand and Mowat, 2004; Weng et al., 2005). In female dogs, the clitoris develops from the genital tubercle, as the penis in the male. The enlargement or ossification of clitoris may be caused by an abnormality of chromosome differentiation, by exposure to androgens or progestins ...

Male pseudohermaphroditism in a child with Down's syndrome.

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