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Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia is an endocrine disorder that is an uncommon and potentially lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). It arises from defects in the earliest stages of adrenal cortisol synthesis: the transport of cholesterol into the mitochondria of the cells of the adrenal cortex and the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone -- the first step in the synthesis of all steroid hormones. Lipoid CAH causes mineralocorticoid deficiency in all affected infants and children. Male infants are severely undervirilized and are usually assigned and raised as girls. The…mehr

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Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia is an endocrine disorder that is an uncommon and potentially lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). It arises from defects in the earliest stages of adrenal cortisol synthesis: the transport of cholesterol into the mitochondria of the cells of the adrenal cortex and the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone -- the first step in the synthesis of all steroid hormones. Lipoid CAH causes mineralocorticoid deficiency in all affected infants and children. Male infants are severely undervirilized and are usually assigned and raised as girls. The adrenals are large and filled with lipid globules derived from cholesterol.