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Clitoromegaly: beyond testosterone
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  1. Darshana Sudip Thakur1,
  2. Chaitanya G Yerawar1,
  3. Meghana Phiske2,
  4. Nikhil M Bhagwat1
  1. 1Department of Endocrinology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  2. 2Department of Dermatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nikhil M Bhagwat, bhagwatnik{at}yahoo.co.in

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A 9-year-old girl was presented for evaluation of clitoromegaly (figure 1). There was no evidence of adrenarche, thelarche or accelerated growth. The parents denied a history suggestive of adrenal crisis or progressive hyperpigmentation. On examination, there was clitoral enlargement (3×1 cm), a plexiform neuroma involving right labia majora (figure 1) and surrounding area of right buttock and thigh (figures 1 and 2) and multiple café au lait spots over the body, freckling over her palms (Patrick Yesudian sign) and axilla (Crowe sign) and a sacral dimple with overlying tuft of hair (figure 2). Investigations revealed 46XX karyotype as well as prepubertal luteinizing hormone (0.2 mIU/mL), follicle-stimulating hormone (1.5 mIU/mL) and testosterone (0.3 ng/mL) levels. The …

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