Failure to enter puberty at expected time and lack of secondary sex characteristics (growth of penis, body and pubic hair growth, deepening of the voice, and increase in muscle mass)
Surgical exploration to search for evidence of male gonadal tissue
Failure of testosterone to rise after hCG distinguishes anorchia from cryptorchidism.
Review Date: 8/12/2004
Reviewed By: Aniket R. Sidhaye, M.D., Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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