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Endocrinol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Complete 17\u03b1-hydroxylase deficiency (17OHD) is relatively common, with typical juvenile female genitalia, severe hypertension, hypokalemia, and the absence of sexual development, but partial (or non-classical) 17OHD (p17OHD) is extremely rare. The p17OHD patients can present with a broad spectrum of symptoms in 46,XX karyotype including various degree of spontaneous breast development after puberty, recurrent ovarian cysts, oligomenorrhea and infertility depending on specific gene mutations and other influencing factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper is a retrospective analysis of p17OHD cases from 1997 to 2021 in a Chinese tertiary hospital. Eight patients were recruited from unrelated families according to clinical data. Genotypes of patients were determined by sequencing the <jats:italic>CYP17A1<\/jats:italic> genes. Clinical characteristics were summarized based on manifestations, hormone profiles, and responses to treatments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All seven post-pubertal patients had abnormal menses. All patients had enlarged multilocular ovaries, and six (6\/8) had a history of ovarian cystectomy prior to a definite diagnosis of p17OHD. All eight patients\u2019 sex hormone levels were in accord to hypogonadism with mildly elevated follicle-stimulating hormone levels, and oral contraceptives effectively suppressed the ovarian cysts. Of the four patients who underwent plasma renin activity tests, all showed results below the reference range. Fourteen alleles with a <jats:italic>CYP17A1<\/jats:italic> mutation were found. Exon 6 was the most frequent mutation site (5\/14), and four out of these five mutations were c.985_987delTACinsAA, being the most common one. In Case 2, c.1220dupA was a newly reported mutation of <jats:italic>CYP17A1<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>46,XX p17OHD patients were born with highly fragile ovarian reserve due to diverse mutations of <jats:italic>CYP17A1.<\/jats:italic> However, their multi-ovarian cysts can be managed conservatively for fertility preservation. 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