Bilateral testicular enlargement due to adrenal remnant in a patient with C11 hydroxylase deficiency congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-87

  Ghazi, Ali A M ^a   Hadayegh, F ^a   Khakpour, G ^a   Azizi, F ^a   Melby, J C ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal rest tumor; Bilateral testicular enlargement; C11 hydroxylase; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ENALAPRIL; GLUCOCORTICOID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NIFEDIPINE; PRAZOSIN; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TRIAMTERENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTENSION; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SHORT STATURE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0037214845     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345128     Document Type: Article

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