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

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

We appreciate Balsamo and colleagues’ interest [1] in our recent paper [2] about a case of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). We are grateful for their insightful comments and the opportunity to clarify a number of elements from our work. Since many of the opinions expressed in their letter are based on biased interpretation of data, we would like to point-to-point answer their qu...

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in Three Sisters

A large seminoma occurring 20 years after diagnosis of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: A case report☆

•A seminoma developed in a patient with androgen insensitivity syndrome.•The patient had a de novo androgen receptor mutation.•Proper management of AIS, including appropriate genetic counseling, is necessary.

Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in Adults

Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome is an X-linked recessive androgen receptor disorder characterized by a female phenotype with an XY karyotype. Individuals affected by this syndrome have normal female external genitalia but agenesis of the Müllerian duct derivatives, that is, absence of the Fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, and the proximal part of the vagina, with presence of endoabdomin...

Androgen insensitivity syndrome: a case report.

This report refers to a rare case of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome that had presented at the age of 35 years with complaint of abdominal mass, primary amenorrhea and infertility to Jimma University Hospital. A well-developed breast with absence of axillary and pubic hair was seen on examination. There was also an abdominal mass arising from the pelvis occupying the hypogastric and ri...