A woman gives birth to a baby that the doctors tell her is a little girl.When the woman looks at her baby,the little girl looks like a baby boy.The doctors explain that the baby's penis is actually an enlarged clitoris.The doctors also explain that the baby doesn't have a small scrotum but that the labia are fused together.Which of the following is the likely cause of these external genital appearances?

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a genetic disorder that affects the adrenal glands, leading to an overproduction of androgen hormones. In females with CAH, the excess androgens can cause masculinization of the external genitalia, leading to an enlarged clitoris that can resemble a penis and the labia may fuse together. The other options, such as androgen insensitivity syndrome, result in different external genital appearances. An extra X chromosome (Klinefelter syndrome) typically results in male characteristics, not female. Oversensitive androgen syndrome is not a recognized medical condition.

A Woman Gives Birth to a Baby That the Doctors