Newborn Girls Misdiagnosed as Bilaterally Cryptorchid Males

Abstract

THERE have previously been reports on a few patients with female pseudohermaphroditism who had complete or nearly complete virilization of the external genitalia and in whom the diagnosis of cryptorchidism in a male was made initially. A majority of these were due to congenital virilizing adrenal hyperplasia, and most patients died during infancy or early childhood. In the past two years 3 apparent males with bilateral cryptorchidism have been referred to the Pediatric Endocrine Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. All 3 were actually females and had virilizing adrenal hyperplasia of the salt-losing type. Previously, we had seen 2 similar . . .