Characteristic features:
- Andoid pelvis (slightly justo-minor or masculine type pelvis), with girdle obesity and other signs of dystrophia adiposogenitalis (hypopituitarism), small cervix, narrow rigid vagina
- Aged primiparity
- Overmaturity of the child (prolonged pregnancy)
- Non-engagement of foetal head when labour begins
- Occipito posterior position
- Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM)
- Weak pains with protracted 1st stage of labour
- Familial dystocia
General appearance:
- Short stature, male distribution of hair, short forearms and fingers
Pelvic anomlies:
- Android pelvis: Bones of the pelvis are thick and heavy and with a narrow pubic arch
- Tight and shallow vagina
- Rigid pelvic floor
Pregnancy complications:
- Subfertility: Pregnancy may not occur for many years
- Tendency to abortions and toxaemia
- Pregnancy frequently goes over term (postterm), and there is early rupture of the membranes
- Babies are relatively large, and head fails to engage