hrp0094p2-439 | Sex differentiation, gonads and gynaecology or sex endocrinology | ESPE2021

Sex assignment at birth: is it always easy?

Karrou Marouan , Assaarrar Imane , Messaoudi Najoua , Derbel Salma , Rouf Siham , Latrech Hanane

Introduction: Disorders of sex development (DSD) are a group of congenital disorders in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, and anatomical sex is atypical and disharmonious. These DSD may constitute a medical emergency (a salt-wasting syndrome in congenital adrenal hyperplasia) or a social emergency due to the parents’ anxiety generated by the difficulty of assigning the child's sex at birth. Providing urgent and adapted care defining the sexual orientat...