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This image depicted a perineal view of a newborn baby girl, who exhibited the anatomical abnormality diagnosed as a case of a disorder of sexual development (DSD). She had been born with the paired XX, female chromosomes, and did possess ovaries, however, she exhibited hypervirilization of her external genitalia. Note how the female clitoris had become enlarged, resembling the morphology of a penis. These changes had been caused by a condition known as adrenogenital syndrome (AGS), also referred to as adrenal virilism, due to her congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which in this case, was the salt losing type.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Charles N. Farmer
Creation Date: 1963
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