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-'''Clitoromegaly''' is enlargement of the [[clitoris]].<ref>{{REFweb
+{{GraphicWarning}}
+[[File:Clitoromegaly2.jpg|thumb|A woman with clitoromegaly]]
+'''Clitoromegaly'''<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Clitoromegaly
- |archived=
   |title=Clitormegaly
- |trans-title=
- |language=
- |last=
- |first=
- |author-link=
   |publisher=The Free Dictionary
- |website=
   |date=2021
   |accessdate=2021-12-22
-  |format=
+}}</ref> (or '''macroclitoris'''<ref>{{REFweb
-  |quote=
+ |title=Dorland Medical Dictionary
-}}</ref>
+ |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022181659/http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_m_01zPzhtm#12508261
+ |archived=yes
+ |date=2006-10-22
+ |accessdate=2021-12-23
+}}</ref>) is an enlargement of the [[clitoris]] that is mostly congenital or acquired, though deliberately induced clitoris enlargement as a form of female genital body modification is achieved through various uses of anabolic steroids, including testosterone.<ref name="Copcu">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Copcu
+ |init=E
+ |last2=Aktas
+ |init2=A
+ |last3=Sivrioglu
+ |init3=N
+ |last4=Copcu
+ |init4=O
+ |last5=Oztan
+ |init5=Y
+ |title=Idiopathic isolated clitoromegaly: A report of two cases
+ |journal=Reproductive Health
+ |volume=1
+ |issue=1
+ |page=4
+ |date=2004
+ |pubmedID=15461813
+ |pubmedCID=523860
+ |DOI=10.1186/1742-4755-1-4
+}}</ref><ref name="Atilla">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Senaylı
+ |init=A
+ |title=Controversies on clitoroplasty
+ |journal=Therapeutic Advances in Urology
+ |volume=3
+ |issue=6
+ |pages=273–7
+ |date=2011-12
+ |pubmedID=22164197
+ |pubmedCID=3229251
+ |DOI=10.1177/1756287211428165
+}}</ref><ref name="Perovic">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Perovic
+ |initSV
+ |last2=Djordjevic
+ |init2=ML
+ |title=Metoidioplasty: a variant of phalloplasty in female transsexuals
+ |journal=BJU International
+ |volume=92
+ |issue=9
+ |pages=981–5
+ |date=2003-12
+ |pubmedID=14632860
+ |DOI=10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04524.x
+ |s2cid=11836091
+}}</ref><ref name="Meyer">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Meyer
+ |init=WJ
+ |last2=Webb
+ |init2=A
+ |last3=Stuart
+ |init3=CA
+ |last4=Finkelstein
+ |init4=JW
+ |last5=Lawrence
+ |init5=B
+ |last6=Walker
+ |init6=PA
+ |title=Physical and hormonal evaluation of transsexual patients: a longitudinal study
+ |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior
+  |volume=15
+  |issue=2
+ |pages=121–38
+ |date=1986-04
+ |pubmedID=3013122
+ |DOI=10.1007/BF01542220
+ |s2cid=42786642
+}}</ref> Clitoromegaly is not the same as normal enlargement of the clitoris seen during sexual arousal.<ref name=WP>{{URLwikipedia|Clitoromegaly|Clitoromegaly|2021-12-23}}</ref>
+==Presentation==
+The different grade of genital ambiguity is commonly measured by the '''Prader classification''',<ref>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Prader
+ |init=A
+ |title=Der Genitalbefund beim Pseudohermaproditismus femininus des kongenitalen adrenogenitalen Syndroms. Morphologie, Häufigkeit, Entwicklung und Vererbung der verschiedenen Genitalformen
+ |trans-title=Genital findings in the female pseudo-hermaphroditism of the congenital adrenogenital syndrome; morphology, frequency, development and heredity of the different genital forms
+ |language=German
+ |journal=Helvetica Paediatrica Acta
+ |volume=9
+ |issue=3
+ |pages=231–48
+ |date=1954-07
+ |pubmedID=13201003
+}}</ref> which ranges, in ascending order of masculinisation, from '''1''': ''female external genitalia with clitoromegaly'' through '''5''': ''pseudo-phallus looking like normal male external genitalia''.<ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509182258/http://www.sickkids.ca/childphysiology/cpwp/genital/GenitalCAH.htm
+ |archived=yes
+ |date=2008-05-09
+ |title=Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia(CAH), Prader Scale
+ |accessdate=2008-09-28
+}}</ref><ref name=WP/>
 {{REF}}
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