Klinefelter's syndrome with prepenile scrotum

Two cases of Klinefelter's syndrome with prepenile scrotum were presented. They underwent the operation for prepenile scrotum according to Glenn and Anderson's method. Thereafter urethroplasty was performed in each case. The decrease in response to testosterone in the target organ was noti...

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Published inUrology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 438 - 440
Main Authors Fuse, Hideki, Sumiya, Hidenori, Takahara, Masanobu, Shiseki, Yoshio, Shimazaki, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.1992
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Hypospadias - complications
Infant
Karyotyping
Klinefelter Syndrome - complications
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Penis - abnormalities
Penis - surgery
Scrotum - abnormalities
Scrotum - surgery
Chromosomal aberration
Human
Klinefelter syndrome
Dysgenesia
Scrotal diseases
Surgical transfer
Aneuploidy
Male
Supernumerary X chromosome
Case study
Plasty
Treatment
Urethra
Surgery
Male genital diseases
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Summary:Two cases of Klinefelter's syndrome with prepenile scrotum were presented. They underwent the operation for prepenile scrotum according to Glenn and Anderson's method. Thereafter urethroplasty was performed in each case. The decrease in response to testosterone in the target organ was noticed in 1 patient, suggesting that some androgen resistancy in this case was attributable in part to anomaly of genitalia.
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ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/0090-4295(92)90459-A