Table 2 Clinical findings of the two patients.

From: Nonsense-associated altered splicing of MAP3K1 in two siblings with 46,XY disorders of sex development

 

Patient 1 (III-1)

Patient 2 (III-2)

Reference range

Karyotype

46,XY

46,XY

 

Social sex

Male

Male

Present age

7.8 years

5.5 years

Age at examination

2.4 years

6 months

 

Genital findings

 Testis size

1.0 mL (bilateral)

 < 1.0 mL (bilateral)

1.3 ± 0.3

 Hypospadias

Yes (penile type)

Yes (penile type)

 

 Chordee

Yes

No data

 

 Cryptorchidism

No

Bilateral (inguinal)

 

 Penile length

2.5–3.0 cm

1.8 cm

3.3 ± 0.4 (for patient 1); 3.1 ± 0.4 (for patient 2)

(after TE 25 mg i.m., 3ʹ)

(after TE 25 mg i.m., 3ʹ)

 

 Uterus/vagina

Absent on MRI

Absent on MRI

 

Endocrine findings

 LH (IU/mL)

  Baselinea

< 0.3

6.6

 < 0.4

  Peaka

1.1

108.7

0.4–6.0

 FSH (IU/mL)

  Baselinea

1.1

71.3

0.6–3.0

  Peaka

8.0

238.5

6.3–15.6

 Testosterone (nmol/L)

  Baselineb

< 0.10

1.56

0.10–0.45

  Stimulatedb

5.79

3.50

 > 6.93

 DHT (nmol/L)

  Baselineb

Not measured

Not measured

 

  Stimulatedb

0.18

0.24

No reference

 T/DHT ratio

  Stimulatedb

9.3

4.2

< 10.5

 AMH (pmol/L)

  Baseline

449.3

16.4

699 ± 245 (for patient 1); 793 ± 264 (for patient 2)

Treatment

Orchidopexy

No

1.0 and 2.2 years

 

Urethroplasty

11 months and 2.1 years

3.2 years

Chordee repair

11 months

No

Penile length after Tx

3.0 cm at 3.5 years after further Tx with TE 25 mg i.m., 1ʹ and DHT topical ointment for 3 months

2.3 cm at 2.3 years after further Tx with TE 25 mg i.m., 2ʹ and DHT topical ointment for 5 months

3.4 ± 1.0 (for patient 1); 3.3 ± 0.4 (for patient 2)

  1. TE, testosterone enanthate; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; LH, luteinizing hormone; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; T, testosterone; DHT, dihydrotestosterone; AMH, anti MĂĽllerian hormone; and Tx, treatment.
  2. aBasal and peak values during a gonadotropin releasing hormone stimulation test (100 µg/m2 [max. 100 µg] bolus i.v.; blood sampling at 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min).
  3. bBasal and stimulated values in a human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation test (3000 IU/m2/dose [max. 5000 IU] i.m. for 3 consecutive days; blood sampling on days 1 and 4).