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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 9 | Page : 683-684 |
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Unusual presentation of Klinefelter syndrome
Chanchal Das, Pranab Kumar Sahana, Nilanjan Sengupta, Mukut Roy, Ranen Dasgupta
Department of Endocrinology, N.R.S. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Chanchal Das
C/O - Sri Tirtha Kumar Chakravorty, 15/1 K.K. Road, Near Doli Villa, Haridevpur, Kolkata - 700 082, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.123567
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Introduction: Klinefelter syndrome usually presents in the puberty and adulthood with its characteristic features. We report a boy who had Klinefelter syndrome with hypospadias and hydrocele. Case Note: Six and half year old boy had complaints of genitourinary problem in the form of hypospadias, small phallus and hydrocele. Karyotyping showed 47,XXY. Conclusion: This case illustrates that Klinefelter syndrome was presented in the infancy with hypospadias and hydrocele which are very uncommon presentation of the disease |
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