title: Testicular feminization syndrome and associated gonadal tumors in Denmark.
abstract: We studied the incidence of testicular feminization syndrome in Denmark over a 7-year period and found it to be about 1:20,400. Twenty-one patients are described in greater detail. Four patients had gonadal tumors, none of these being malignant. Ten patients (47.6%) had inguinal hernias in early childhood. All patients but one were gonadectomized. Eleven patients (52.4%) disclosed signs of partial androgen function. Only 5 of them had their gonads removed immediately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bangsbøll
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Qvist
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lebech
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewinsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged