Experience with intersex surgery at Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos: A case report

Abstract

Intersex, describes variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads and genitals that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female beings. The  management of the condition can be very challenging. Reports of the surgical treatment are particularly scarce.

Objective: To report a successful surgical management of a case of intersex in a young Nigerian.

Case Report A 15 – year- old boy presented with ambiguous genitalia and breast enlargement. History revealed that he was born with a small penis and lack of testes on one side. He gave a history of monthly menses and having to urinate while standing. He was assigned a male gender, even though he developed large breasts.

Conclusion Biopsy results showed ovotestis of the ovary consistent with truehermaphroditism