Unusual presentation of Klinefelter syndrome

INTRODUCTION: Klinefelter syndrome usually presents in the puberty and adulthood with its characteristic features. We report a boy who had Klinefelter syndrome with hypospadias and hydrocele. CASE NOTE: Six and half year old boy had complaints of genitourinary problem in the form of hypospadias, sma...

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Autores principales: Das, Chanchal, Sahana, Pranab Kumar, Sengupta, Nilanjan, Roy, Mukut, Dasgupta, Ranen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910838
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123567
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author Das, Chanchal
Sahana, Pranab Kumar
Sengupta, Nilanjan
Roy, Mukut
Dasgupta, Ranen
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description INTRODUCTION: Klinefelter syndrome usually presents in the puberty and adulthood with its characteristic features. We report a boy who had Klinefelter syndrome with hypospadias and hydrocele. CASE NOTE: Six and half year old boy had complaints of genitourinary problem in the form of hypospadias, small phallus and hydrocele. Karyotyping showed 47,XXY. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates that Klinefelter syndrome was presented in the infancy with hypospadias and hydrocele which are very uncommon presentation of the disease
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spelling pubmed-40466012014-06-06 Unusual presentation of Klinefelter syndrome Das, Chanchal Sahana, Pranab Kumar Sengupta, Nilanjan Roy, Mukut Dasgupta, Ranen Indian J Endocrinol Metab Brief Communication INTRODUCTION: Klinefelter syndrome usually presents in the puberty and adulthood with its characteristic features. We report a boy who had Klinefelter syndrome with hypospadias and hydrocele. CASE NOTE: Six and half year old boy had complaints of genitourinary problem in the form of hypospadias, small phallus and hydrocele. Karyotyping showed 47,XXY. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates that Klinefelter syndrome was presented in the infancy with hypospadias and hydrocele which are very uncommon presentation of the disease Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4046601/ /pubmed/24910838 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123567 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046601/
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