[The androgenital syndrome: Don't just think about it in childhood!]

Abstract

The androgenital syndrome: Don't just think about it in childhood!In adrenogenital syndrome, the body permanently produces too many male sex hormones. Rare, congenital metabolic diseases are usually discovered in infancy and can be treated at an early stage treated at an early stage, but sometimes they only become apparent in adolescence and adulthood.This article provides background knowledge for GPs.

Keywords: 21-hydroxylase deficiency; Androgenital syndrome; adrenocorticotropic hor- mone; late-onset-CAH; testicular adrenal residual tumor.