Clitoromegaly

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A woman with clitoromegaly

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

  1. REFweb (2021). Clitormegaly, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. REFweb (22 October 2006). Dorland Medical Dictionary (archive URL). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. REFjournal 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.
  4. REFjournal Senaylı A. Controversies on clitoroplasty. Therapeutic Advances in Urology. December 2011; 3(6): 273–7. PMID. PMC. DOI.
  5. REFjournal Perovic, Djordjevic ML. Metoidioplasty: a variant of phalloplasty in female transsexuals. BJU International. December 2003; 92(9): 981–5. PMID. DOI.
  6. REFjournal 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.
  7. a b REFweb Wikipedia article: Clitoromegaly. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. REFjournal 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.
  9. REFweb (9 May 2008). Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia(CAH), Prader Scale (archive URL). Retrieved 28 September 2008.