TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Disorders of Sex Development A1 - Gomella, Tricia Lacy A1 - Eyal, Fabien G. A1 - Bany-Mohammed, Fayez PY - 2020 T2 - Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e AB - Atypical genitalia are present when the sex of an infant is not readily apparent after examination of the external genitalia. If the appearance resembles neither a male with a normal phallus and palpable testes nor a female with an unfused vaginal orifice and absence of an enlarged phallic structure, the genitalia are atypical, and investigation before gender assignment is indicated. These conditions are now referred to as disorders of sex development (DSDs, more recently also as differences in sex development). The term atypical genitalia instead of ambiguous genitalia has been suggested. Definitions and classifications are very complex; for the purpose of this on-call manual, the embryology and pathophysiology are only reviewed as relevant to the initial evaluation and treatment of neonatal patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168357595 ER -