See Also: Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete(health)
Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome(health)
Androgen-insensitivity(health)
pain insensitivity, congenital(medicine)
Congenital insensitivity to pain(medicine)
Androgen(health)
androgen(encyclopedia)
Androgen(medicine)
androgen(dictionary)
adrenal androgen(medicine)

Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (health)


A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead, they are born looking externally like normal girls. Internally, there is a short blind-pouch vagina and no uterus, fallopian tubes or ovaries. There are testes in the abdomen or the inguinal canal. The complete androgen insensitivity syndrome is usually detected at puberty when a girl should but does not begin to menstruate. Many of the girls with the syndrome have no pubic or axillary (armpit) hair. They have luxuriant scalp hair without temporal (male-pattern) balding. They are sterile and cannot bear children. They are at high risk for osteoporosis and so should take estrogen replacement therapy.