Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl

A rare cause of clitoral hypertrophy in a child is neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Although evaluation, including karyotype and hormonal studies, is necessary to exclude ambiguous genitalia, the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis as a possible cause of clitoromegaly may help avoid lengthy and sometimes...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karabouta, Zacharoula, Rousso, Israel, Athanassiadou-Piperopoulou, Fani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
Materias:
Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.320
_version_ 1782390676796735488
author Karabouta, Zacharoula
Rousso, Israel
Athanassiadou-Piperopoulou, Fani
author_facet Karabouta, Zacharoula
Rousso, Israel
Athanassiadou-Piperopoulou, Fani
author_sort Karabouta, Zacharoula
collection PubMed
description A rare cause of clitoral hypertrophy in a child is neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Although evaluation, including karyotype and hormonal studies, is necessary to exclude ambiguous genitalia, the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis as a possible cause of clitoromegaly may help avoid lengthy and sometimes invasive interventions.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4574795
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-45747952015-09-23 Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl Karabouta, Zacharoula Rousso, Israel Athanassiadou-Piperopoulou, Fani Clin Case Rep Clinical Image A rare cause of clitoral hypertrophy in a child is neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Although evaluation, including karyotype and hormonal studies, is necessary to exclude ambiguous genitalia, the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis as a possible cause of clitoromegaly may help avoid lengthy and sometimes invasive interventions. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-09 2015-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4574795/ /pubmed/26401284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.320 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
spellingShingle Clinical Image
Karabouta, Zacharoula
Rousso, Israel
Athanassiadou-Piperopoulou, Fani
Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title_full Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title_fullStr Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title_full_unstemmed Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title_short Clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
title_sort clitoromegaly as first presentation of a neurocutaneous syndrome in a 3-year-old girl
topic Clinical Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.320
work_keys_str_mv AT karaboutazacharoula clitoromegalyasfirstpresentationofaneurocutaneoussyndromeina3yearoldgirl
AT roussoisrael clitoromegalyasfirstpresentationofaneurocutaneoussyndromeina3yearoldgirl
AT athanassiadoupiperopouloufani clitoromegalyasfirstpresentationofaneurocutaneoussyndromeina3yearoldgirl

Ejemplares similares