Male pseudohermaphroditism

Pseudohermaphroditism is the heterogeneity of hereditary sex, gonad sex and phenotypic sex, that is, the sex of gonad sex is consistent with hereditary sex, but the development of genital ducts and urogenital sinus has heterosexual components or both sexes. Based on sex and gonad sex, pseudohermaphroditism can be further divided into female pseudohermaphroditism and male pseudohermaphroditism. The basic characteristics of male pseudohermaphroditism is that the karyotype is 46, XY. If the gonads can be found, it must be the testis, but the genitalia is incomplete, ambiguous, or completely feminine. Because the process of normal virilization in the fetus is very complicated, There are many types of male pseudohermaphroditism.

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