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Intersex Variations

Some common variations that may lead to intersex are:

• 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
• 5-alpha reductase deficiency
• Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)
• Ambiguous Genitalia
• Aphallia
• Clitoromegaly
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
• Cryptorchidism
• Gonadal dysgenesis, partial or complete
• Hypospadias
• Kallmann syndrome
• Klinefelter Syndrome/XXY
• Micropenis
• Mosaicism involving sex chromosomes
• MRKH (Müllerian agenesis; vaginal agenesis; congenital absence of vagina)
• Ovotestis, formerly called ‘true hermaphroditism’
• Progestin-Induced Virilization
• Swyer Syndrome
• Turner syndrome