Female pseudo-hermaphroditism due to an adrenal tumour in the mother

✍ Scribed by J. J. P. Kamp; A. P. Seters; A. J. Moolenaar; H. H. Gelderen

• Book ID: 104777189
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 488 KB
• Volume: 142
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00445598

✦ Synopsis

This is a report of a case of almost complete external virilisation of a girl due to an adrenocortical adenoma of the mother. The tumour, though present for many years, caused only mild symptoms in the mother; therefore detection followed only after birth of the virilised girl.