Clitoromegaly
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Clitoromegaly[1] (or macroclitoris[2]) 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.[3][4][5][6] Clitoromegaly is not the same as normal enlargement of the clitoris seen during sexual arousal.[7]
Presentation
The different grade of genital ambiguity is commonly measured by the Prader classification,[8] which ranges, in ascending order of masculinisation, from 1: female external genitalia with clitoromegaly through 5: pseudo-phallus looking like normal male external genitalia.[9][7]
References
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Dorland Medical Dictionary
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Copcu E, Aktas A, Sivrioglu N, Copcu O, Oztan Y. Idiopathic isolated clitoromegaly: A report of two cases. Reproductive Health. 2004; 1(1): 4. PMID. PMC. DOI.
- ↑ Senaylı A. Controversies on clitoroplasty. Therapeutic Advances in Urology. December 2011; 3(6): 273–7. PMID. PMC. DOI.
- ↑ Perovic, Djordjevic ML. Metoidioplasty: a variant of phalloplasty in female transsexuals. BJU International. December 2003; 92(9): 981–5. PMID. DOI.
- ↑ Meyer WJ, Webb A, Stuart CA, Finkelstein JW, Lawrence B, Walker PA. Physical and hormonal evaluation of transsexual patients: a longitudinal study. Archives of Sexual Behavior. April 1986; 15(2): 121–38. PMID. DOI.
- ↑ a b Wikipedia article: Clitoromegaly. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ Prader A. Der Genitalbefund beim Pseudohermaproditismus femininus des kongenitalen adrenogenitalen Syndroms. Morphologie, Häufigkeit, Entwicklung und Vererbung der verschiedenen Genitalformen [Genital findings in the female pseudo-hermaphroditism of the congenital adrenogenital syndrome; morphology, frequency, development and heredity of the different genital forms] (German). Helvetica Paediatrica Acta. July 1954; 9(3): 231–48. PMID.
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia(CAH), Prader Scale
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