Disorders of sexual development.

Abstract

Disorders of sexual development (DSDs) are a group of disorders in which there is discordance between anatomic or hormonal sex and sex chromosome complement. These disorders present with ambiguity in the newborn period and require prompt evaluation to determine the underlying cause for treatment and appropriate sex assignment of the infant. Neonatologists should confer with a multidisciplinary team for the diagnostic evaluation and management of patients with DSDs. This article provides a review of normal sexual development, algorithms used for evaluating infants with ambiguous genitalia, and conditions that can present with ambiguous genitalia in the newborn period.

• Authors: Bonnie McCann-Crosby, V Reid Sutton
• Journal: Clinics in perinatology (Clin Perinatol) Vol. 42 Issue 2 Pg. 395-412, ix-x (Jun 2015) ISSN: 1557-9840 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 26042911 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Disorders of Sex Development (diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics)
• Genetic Testing (methods)
• Global Health
• Humans
• Incidence
• Infant, Newborn