WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2001: Re: Testicular feminisation

Re: Testicular feminisation

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:30:47 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Anon wrote: >
>Hi
>I found a lump on my labia and went to consult my doctor who suggested
>that it was a hernia and referred me to a surgeon (who i haven't seen
>yet). But she wrote in my records 'teste? posible testicular
>feminisation?' and thought that i didn't see.
>Is this possible? I started my periods at average age (just 12) and they
>have always been normal and regular and i have had no health problems
>until this lump.
>Please help.
>Thank you.
>ps. I am 20 years old, if that means anything.

If you have had normal development of secondary sexual characteristics (i.e. breasts) and you are having regular monthly menses, it is unlikely that you are a T. Fem and it is also unlikely that you have a "teste" there... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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