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Intersexualidad - Síntomas

Nombres alternativos

Trastornos del desarrollo sexual; DSD; Hermafrodita; Seudohermafroditismo; Hermafroditismo

Síntomas:

Los síntomas asociados con la intersexualidad dependerán de la causa subyacente, pero pueden abarcar:

  • Genitales ambiguos al nacer
  • Micropene
  • Clitoromegalia (agrandamiento de clítoris)
  • Fusión parcial de los labios
  • Testículos aparentemente no descendidos (que pueden resultar ser ovarios) en niños varones
  • Masas labiales o inguinales (ingle), que pueden resultar ser testículos, en las niñas
  • Hipospadias [la abertura del pene está en un lugar diferente a la punta; en las niñas, la uretra (canal urinario) se abre en la vagina]
  • Genitales que aparte de esto tienen apariencia inusual al nacer
  • Anomalías electrolíticas
  • Ausencia o retraso de la pubertad
  • Cambios inesperados en la pubertad

Signos y exámenes:

  • Fecha de revisión: 10/15/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford UniversitySchool of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Chief MedicalOfficer, A.D.A.M., Inc. Also reviewed by Deirdre O’Reilly, MD, MPH, Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc
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