Abstract
Serum levels of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone before and after luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone stimulation, and levels of testosterone before and after 3 days of treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin were determined by radioimmunoassay in 98 boys with hypospadias (2 to 8 years old). The doses of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin were calculated for body surface. The basal and peak levels of serum luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and testosterone in patients with hypospadias were compared with 9 endocrinologically normal boys of the same age without hypospadias. Luteinizing hormone response to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone stimulation was significantly impaired in boys with hypospadias and also simple hypospadias (no associated anomaly). Basal levels of luteinizing hormone in boys with simple hypospadias and levels of follicle-stimulating hormone in patients with hypospadias were significantly low. The maximum testosterone response to human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation was significantly decreased in boys with severe hypospadias in direct proportion to the degree of hypospadias.
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