Diagram Of Female Urethra
Health Encyclopedia: Hermaphroditism
Disorders of sex development; DSDs; Pseudohermaphroditism; Hermaphroditism;Hermaphrodite
Symptoms
The symptoms associated with intersex will depend on the underlying cause, but may include:
- Ambiguous genitalia at birth
- Micropenis
- Clitoromegaly (an enlarged clitoris)
- Partial labial fusion
- Apparently undescended testes (which may turn out to be ovaries) in boys
- Labial or inguinal (groin) masses -- which may turn out to be testes -- in ...
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