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Updated: Dec 24 2021

21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

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  • Snapshot
    • An 8-month-old female presents with ambigous genitalia. Her urinary ketosteroids and 17-OH progesterone are twice the normal level. Additionally, testosterone levels are four times normal and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids are decreased. Her brother had a similar disorder.
  • Introduction
    • A condition characterized by ambiguous genitalia in female
    • There is a non-classical from of this condition that may present in adolesence or adulthood with signs of hypertestosteronism
  • Epidemiology
    • 1:15,000 children born with disorder
    • Can affect both males and females
  • Differential
    • 11-Hydroxylase deficiency, 17-hydroxylase deficiency
  • Complications
    • Shortened adult height, ambiguous genitalia, hypertension, hypoglycemia, smaller vaginal introitus, death via adrenal crisis if untreated, steroid side effects, patients medicated for life, male testicular tumors
  • Prognosis
    • Good to very good in most individuals
    • If untreated, adrenal crisis can lead to death within 1-6 weeks
    • Males usually have normal fertility; females may be abnormal fertility
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Pediatrics | 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
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  • - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
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4/28/2023
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