Wenli Lu, Tingting Zhang, Lidan Zhang, Xueqing Wang, Sheng Lv, Junqi Wang, Lei Ye, Yuan Xiao, Zhiya Dong, Wei Wang, Shuoyue Sun, Chuanyin Li, Ronggui Hu, Guang Ning, Xiaoyu Ma
BACKGROUND: Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (LCAH) is a rare and severe disorder that is caused by mutations in the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). Non-classic LCAH is defined as late-onset glucocorticoid deficiency and even complete male external genitalia in 46,XY individuals. However, to date, few cases of non-classic LCAH have been reported. METHODS: It was attempted to describe the clinical characteristics of a male child with complete male external genitalia in terms of age of onset, adrenal function, and biochemical indicators...
2022: Frontiers in Endocrinology