17OHD

17a-hydroxylase [deficiency](English)

  • less common form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, corresponding to approximately 1% of the cases. The hallmarks are hypokalemic hypertension (as a result of accumulation of cortisol precursors with mineralocorticoid activity), absence of secondary sexual characteristics, female phenotype (46,XX or 46,XY), osteopenia/osteoporosis, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, elevated gonadotropins and increased progesterone
  • 21-OHD, CAH
  • Genitals, Gynecology, Endocrinology, Cortisol
  • https://doi.org…90.2019.1650342