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GENITOGRAPHY IN INTERSEXUAL STATES
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1969
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FertilityHomosexualityVaginal PouchQueer TheorySexual DisordersSocial SciencesReproductive EndocrinologyUrogenital RadiologySexual CulturesGender IdentityVulvar DiseasesUrinary TractGender StudiesUrogynecologySexual And Reproductive HealthRadiologyInfertilityAndrologyUrological ResearchAbstract GenitographyPediatric GynecologyFemale UrologySexual BehaviorUrologySexual Development (Clinical Endocrinology)MedicineSexual OrientationHuman Sexuality
ABSTRACT Genitography was carried out in 86 intersex patients: 45 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, 16 non-adrenal pseudo-hermaphrodites. 13 male pseudo-hermaphrodites, 7 patients with mixed gonadal dysgenesis and 5 true hermaphrodites. The ratio of the horizontal versus the vertical segments of the lower urinary tract was used to assess radiologically the degree of virilization of the uro-genital sinus. Injection of the vagina presented serious difficulties in 14 cases. Failures in genitography were usually ascribed to inadequate techniques, but were sometimes due to lack of communication between a highly placed vaginal pouch and the urinary tract. Genitography did not help to distinguish between the various types of intersexuality. However, it is of great value when sex-assignment of an intersex child is discussed.