Testicular feminization syndrome. An unusual case with high estrogen levels
Steinman, G.; Parente, J.T.; Levy, J.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 30(1): 61-63
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 3973862 Document Number: 263324
In an unusual case of testicular feminization, the patient had a high estrogen and low testosterone level. The source of this female hormone excess may have been functioning gonadal stroma of either female or male derivation. All other aspects of the case were consistent with classic examples of the syndrome.
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