title: Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome or testicular feminization: review of literature based on a case report.
abstract: Testicular feminization, or the androgen insensitivity syndrome, is a rare disease. Because of various abnormalities of the X chromosome, a male, genetically XY, has some physical characteristics of a woman or a full female phenotype. Indeed the androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs because of a resistance to the actions of the androgen hormones, which in turn switches the development towards the aspect of a woman. We report a case of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in a 30 years old woman who presented primary amenorrhea. We aim to improve our knowledge of this illness from the data that provides us this study, and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Regragui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Souhail
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Slaoui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amine
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology Obstetrics, Maternity ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abounouh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadia
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Karmouni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tarik
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: El Khader
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Koutani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abdellatif
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Ibn Attya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype
keywords: Testicular; androgen; feminization; insensitivity; laparoscopy