Male pseudohermaphroditism: Some endocrinological and psychosexual aspects

“Intersex in Four South African Racial Groups in Durban”:

“…Hauser contested the ISertoli' cells reported by so many authors (ATKINS & ENGEL, 1962 for example): he maintained that there were few typical Sertoli cells, as are found in the normal testis, and that this was important since the mature Sertoli cell has been credited with a distinct endocrine function (HAMBLEN et al, 1951). Tubules in testicular feminization are all of similar diameter and do not become sclerotic whilst i~the other syndromes the cryptorchid state leads to collagen hyalinization and so all stages of maturation and degeneration are seen together (HAUSER, 1963).…”

Diagnosis of Intersex

“…Occasionally, however, failure of the testicular functions results in gynaecomastia and eunuchoid proportions, as in the Klinefelter syndrome, and in those cases the excretion of pituitary gonadotrophins is considerably raised after the age of 12 or 13 (Hamblen et al, 1951).…”