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Year : 2016 | Volume
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Ambiguous external genitalia in a Nigerian neonate seen at a private health facility in South Eastern Nigeria
KI Achigbu1, KK Odinaka2, EO Achigbu3
1 Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria 2 Department of Paediatrics, Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Rivers State, Nigeria 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
K K Odinaka Department of Paediatrics, Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Elele, Rivers State Nigeria
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2394-2010.193182
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The birth of a child with ambiguous genitalia poses a huge emotional burden to the parents and erodes the joyful experience of childbirth. Ambiguous genitalia is a disorder of sex development that affects 1 in 4500 live births. The diagnosis of ambiguous genitalia in a newborn infant is a social emergency because of the need to assign gender of rearing to the child early in life. We report a case of ambiguous genitalia in Nigerian neonate seen at a private health facility in Nigeria as well as highlight challenges in the management. |
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