Failure of the müllerian regression factor in two patients with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome

Ric Clin Lab. 1987 Jul-Sep;17(3):259-64. doi: 10.1007/BF02912540.

Abstract

The present paper describes the histological and endocrinologic features of 2 subjects with 46,XY karyotype affected by complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) with müllerian structures. Both patients had fallopian tubes, but only one had also uterus and presented a seminoma. Serum levels of luteinizing hormone, testosterone and estradiol were high or in the upper part of normal limits, whereas levels of follicle-stimulating hormone were normal. The association between AIS and the presence of müllerian structures observed in these 2 patients might be explained by an impaired synthesis of müllerian regression factor or by a failure in its mechanism of action.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Mullerian Hormone
  • Disorders of Sex Development / blood
  • Disorders of Sex Development / diagnosis
  • Disorders of Sex Development / pathology*
  • Estradiol / blood
  • Fallopian Tubes / pathology*
  • Female
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
  • Glycoproteins*
  • Growth Inhibitors*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Mullerian Ducts / pathology*
  • Prolactin / blood
  • Testicular Hormones / physiology*
  • Testosterone / blood

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Growth Inhibitors
  • Testicular Hormones
  • Testosterone
  • Estradiol
  • Anti-Mullerian Hormone
  • Prolactin
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone