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A Success Story in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by enzyme defects in adrenal steroidogenic pathways. CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency accounts for 95 % of cases. This case was diagnosed to have simple virilizing type of CAH and started on dexamethasone, and underwent genitoplasty and clitoroplasty at 25 years of age, then was married 3 years after surgery and conceived spontaneously 2 years after marriage, to deliver a healthy male baby. Thus, proper diagnosis and treatment with steroids and genitoplasty can give females with CAH a normal sexual, normal menstrual, and reproductive function.

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  1. Bindu Kulshreshtha (Assistant Professor)

    Present address: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New-Delhi, India

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  1. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 3081, Teaching Block, Ansari Nagar (E), New-Delhi, 110029, India

    Alka Kriplani (Professor and Unit head), Amol Lunkad (Senior resident) & Nutan Agarwal (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New-Delhi, India

    Bindu Kulshreshtha (Assistant Professor) & C. Aminni Ariachery (Professor and Head)

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Kriplani, A., Lunkad, A., Agarwal, N. et al. A Success Story in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. J Obstet Gynecol India 62 (Suppl 1), 78–80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-013-0387-1

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