A patient with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) presenting as a case of indirect inguinal hernia: A case report

A El  Mirghani; A M  Musa  FRCSI

doi:10.52981/sjms.v1i2.1204

A El Mirghani Omdurman Islamic University
A M Musa FRCSI Omdurman Islamic University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/sjms.v1i2.1204

الملخص

The management of intersex patients is a challenge. Although in the majority of
patients the diagnosis may be made on the basis of cytogenetic and biochemical
tests, there is a selective group of patients with difficulties in the establishment of
final diagnosis and gender assignment1
.
Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, commonly known as the testicular
feminization syndrome, is characterized by a 46, XY karyotype, bilateral testes,
absent or hypoplastic Wolffian ducts, and female-appearing external genitalia with
diminished axillary and pubic hair development. Although initial diagnosis in the
child is difficult, the syndrome must be suspected after puberty if primary
amenorrhea is present2
. Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is an X-linked
recessive disorder characterized by impairment of the androgen-dependant male
sexual differentiation3
.

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