저자들은 21세된 외형상 여성으로 원발성 무월경과 좌측 서혜부 종류촉지를 주소로 입원한 완전고환성 여성화증후군 1례를 경험하였기에 간단한 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.
Complete testicular feminization syndrome is characterized by female phenotype, in spite of the normal male karyotype 46,XY. There is a congenital insensitivity to androgens, transmitted by means of a maternal X-linked recessive gene responsible for the androgen intracellular receptor. Therefore, androgen induction of Wolffian duct developmetn does not occur. However, antimullerian hormone activity is present, and the individual does not have mullerian development.