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Virilización - Información general

Definición:

Es el desarrollo de características sexuales masculinas en una mujer. También se puede referir al estado de un niño recién nacido que muestra signos de aumento de las características masculinas al nacer.

Información:

La virilización puede resultar de la producción de demasiada testosterona en las glándulas endocrinas o del uso de esteroides anabolizantes.

Las niñas recién nacidas también pueden mostrar signos de virilización si ellas o sus madres tienen un trastorno conocido como hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita.

Los signos de virilización en una mujer pueden abarcar:

Se pueden llevar a cabo exámenes de sangre para detectar exceso de testosterona en las mujeres.

  • Fecha de revisión: 4/26/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Robert Hurd, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Endocrine Society. Androgen therapy in women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91(10):2697-3716.

Parker KL. Sexual Differentiation. In: Griffin JE, Ojeda SR. Textbook of Endocrine Physiology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2004:167-185.

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