Alternative titles and symbols : Male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5-alpha-reductase deficiency; Familial incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism, type 2;
Included titles and symbols : Micropenis;
Description : Pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias is a form of male pseudohermaphroditism in
which 46,XY males show ambiguous genitalia at birth, including perineal hypospadias
and a blind perineal pouch, and develop masculinization at puberty. The name of the
disorder stems from the finding of a blind-ending perineal opening resembling a vagina
and a severely hypospadiac penis with the urethra opening onto the perineum.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutations in the 5-alpha-reductase-2 gene (SRD5A2, 607306.0001);