Los síntomas varían de acuerdo con el problema específico y pueden abarcar:
El médico puede notar signos de un trastorno del desarrollo inmediatamente. Tales signos pueden ser:
Se puede realizar un cariotipo (pruebas genéticas) si la persona tiene genitales ambiguos. Si hay hinchazón abdominal o una protuberancia en la ingle o el abdomen, el médico ordenará exámenes para determinar la causa.
Los exámenes pueden abarcar:
Diamond DA. Abnormal Sexual Differentiation. Evaluation and Management of the Newborn With Ambiguous Genitalia. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 128.
Emans SJ, Laufer MR, Goldstein DP. Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
Katz VL, Lentz GM. Congenital Abnormalities of the Female Reproductive Tract. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2007: chap 12.
Katz VL. Spontaneous and Recurrernt Abormtion: Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2007: chap 16.
Niebyl JR, Simpson JL. Drugs and Environmental Agents in Pregnancy and Lactation: Embryology, Teratology, Epidemiology. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2007: chap 8.
Park JM. Normal Development of the Urogenital System. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 106.
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