DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF GENDER DYSPHORIA IN TERMS OF REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Abstract

An increasing number of adolescents and adults present to clinics for medical assistance with gender dysphoria. The first evaluation of the patients presenting with this clinical picture with unclear etiology includes a short clinical examination to exclude various reproductive and endocrinological pathologies that may rarely cause this condition. This review aimed to provide an overview of the differential diagnosis of gender dysphoria in terms of reproductive endocrinology.

Keywords

• Gender dysphoria
• reproductive medicine
• disorders of sex development

CİNSİYET HOŞNUTSUZLUĞUNUN ÜREME ENDOKRİNOLOJİSİ AÇISINDAN AYIRICI TANISI

Abstract

Günümüzde sayıları artmakta olan birçok ergen ve erişkin, cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğu nedeni ile tıbbi yardım alabilmek üzere kliniklere başvurmaktadır. Etiyolojisi net olarak bilinmeyen bu klinik tablo ile başvuran olguların yapılan ilk değerlendirmesi bu tabloya nadiren neden olabilecek reprodükrtif ve endokrinolojik çeşitli patolojilerin dışlanabilmesi amacıyla yapılan kısa bir klinik değerlendirmeyi içermektedir. Bu derlemede, cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğunun üreme endokrinolojisi açısından ayırıcı tanısına genel bir bakış sunulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğu
• üreme endokrinolojisi
• seksüel gelişim bozukluğu

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