hrp0089p2-p340 | Sex Differentiation, Gonads and Gynaecology or Sex Endocrinology P2 | ESPE2018

Awareness is The Key: Heavy Delay in Diagnosis of 17-β-Hydroxysteroid-Dehydrogenase III Deficiency (17bHSD3D) and Other Insights and Conclusions from a Cohort of Ten 17bHSD3D Patients in Germany

Meinel Jakob , Grossmuller Nadine , Richter-Unruh Annette

Background/Objective: 17bHSD3D is a rare genetic disorder that leads to disorders of sex development (DSD) in 46,XY patients. Phenotype at birth ranges from unsuspicious female genitalia to micropenises. Besides molecular genetic testing no reliable lab parameters have been established for pre-identifying patients through basal steroid-levels or hCG-testing. This bares the risk of under-, mis- or late diagnosis. Further, little research has been performed on psychological well...