Article
47,XYY karyotype and normal SRY in a patient with a female phenotype.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jun 2001
Benasayag S, Rittler M, Nieto F, Torres de Aguirre N, Reyes M, Copelli S
Abstract excerpt
A rare case of a female patient with a 47,XYY karyotype is described. She had normal female external genitalia, bilateral testes, rudimentary Fallopian tubes and no uterus. Molecular analysis revealed a normal SRY encoding sequence. The possible events in the etiology of this sex reversal entity are discussed.
Topics
- Adolescent
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Female
- Genes, sry
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
