Hypogonadism differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differentiating Hypogonadism from other Diseases

• Hypogonadism cardinal features are ambigous gonads in the newborn, delayed puberty in children and infertility in adults. These features are caused by many diseases that must be differentiated in order to provide appropriate treatment.

• These disease include:
  • Congenital diseases: Klinefelter's syndrome, cryptorchidism and Kallmann syndrome.
  • Acquired diseases causing primary hypogonadism: testicular torsion, orchitis and varicocele
  • Acquired diseases causing secondary hypogonadism: