Ultrasonic Measurements of the Clitoris in Fetuses

Clalit Health Services

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Ambiguous Genitalia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01011400

121-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

Abnormal enlargement of the clitoris in fetal life may be a sign for different pathologies. To the investigators knowledge there is no published nomogram of the clitoris size through gestation and it's assessment is usually subjective. The purpose of this study is to create a nomogram of clitorial size through gestation by measuring its size in fetuses of different age in the second and third trimester.

Sex: Female

Ages: 14 to 37 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• well dated pregnancy
• singleton pregnancy
• female fetus
• appropriate for gestational age

Exclusion criteria

• small for gestational age
• other fetal anomalies
• maternal conditions that can cause exposure of the fetus to high androgen environment