Resumen
Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de pacientes con Trastornos del Desarrollo Sexual (TDS). Métodos: Es un análisis descriptivo y retrospectivo de las historias clínicas de 167 pacientes con TDS de un ambulatorio especializado en Salvador, Bahía, Brasil. Los datos sociodemográficos y clínicos fueron recolectados y analizados mediante estadística descriptiva utilizando Microsoft Excel 365. El estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación. Resultados: Los diagnósticos más frecuentes fueron el síndrome de Turner (33,53%) y la hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita (32,34%). Los motivos más frecuentes de busca al servicio fueron genitales atípicos (23,35%) y retraso puberal (14,37%). La edad media al diagnóstico fue de 7,82 años. 10,78% refirió antecedentes familiares de TDS. Tres (1,8%) fueron sometidos a reasignación de género, todos con Hiperplasia Suprarrenal Congénita. El 32,93% presentaban cariotipos de cromosomas sexuales TDS, el 28,74% 46, XX y el 26,95% 46, XY. Baja densidad mineral ósea, obesidad y hipotiroidismo fueron las comorbilidades más comunes. Dieciocho (10,78%) fueron sometidos a gonadectomía y 30 (18%) a vaginoplastia y/o clitoroplastia. Conclusión: La comparación de estos datos con los de estudios similares reveló similitudes, como las principales etiologías, motivos de derivación y tendencia al diagnóstico precoz. Las diferencias pueden estar relacionadas con las particularidades regionales.
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