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Pushpa Machineni1, Asha Ranjan1, Adlyne Reena Asirvatham1
1Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Abstract:
11-beta hydroxylase deficiency (11βOHD) is a rare variant of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) with autosomal recessive inheritance, resulting in androgen excess and mineralocorticoid precursor accumulation. Fertility is often impaired due to hyperandrogenism and anatomical abnormalities, and spontaneous successful pregnancy in classic form is rare. We describe two cases. Case 1 is a 27-year-old woman with genetically confirmed classic 11βOHD (homozygous CYP11B1 splice-site variant c.240-2A>G), initially misdiagnosed as 21-hydroxylase deficiency, who achieved spontaneous conception despite high androgen levels, long-term steroid exposure, and prior genital surgery and delivered a healthy male child. Case 2 is a genetically confirmed non-classic 11βOHD (homozygous, missense variation, c.412C>T), presented with medullary nephrocalcinosis, clinical history of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adolescence, short stature, hypertension with hypokalemia, and had spontaneous pregnancies. These cases add to the very limited literature on spontaneous fertility in genetically confirmed 11βOHD cases and highlight its broad clinical spectrum. They emphasize the need for accurate diagnosis, long-term complications surveillance, and reproductive counselling in CAH patients.
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