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Kripa Elizabeth Cherian1, Felix K Jebasingh1, Nitin Kapoor1, Thomas Vizhalil Paul1.
Abstract
Klinefelter syndrome is usually characterised by the presence of a eunuchoid body habitus and testes that are usually small and firm, with low testosterone, and elevated luteinising hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels, consistent with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. Low levels of gonadotropins in karyotypically proven cases are not expected, they are extremely rare occurrences. We report a case of a patient who was diagnosed to have Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY) with low gonadotropin levels. The rest of his anterior pituitary hormonal profile was normal with no lesions in the pituitary gland on imaging. He was continued on androgen replacement therapy. 2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26715140 PMCID: PMC4716265 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-213333
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X