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Unusual presentation of Klinefelter syndrome
Chanchal Das1, Pranab Kumar Sahana1, Nilanjan Sengupta1
1Department of Endocrinology, N.R.S. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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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