ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

Previous issue | Volume 20 | ESPEYB20

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2023

4. Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) and Gender Incongruence (GI)

Inequities and Inadequacies in DSD Diagnosis and Care

ey0020.4-9 | Inequities and Inadequacies in DSD Diagnosis and Care | ESPEYB20

4.9. Disorders of sex development: Challenges in a low-resource country

AM Ehua , MO Moulot , KS Agbara , T Enache , SR Bankole

Brief summary: In this retrospective clinical study Ehua AM et al., reports the diagnostic and management characteristics of 13 individuals whose karyotype could be studied out of 33 DSD patients, followed over 17 years by 2 pediatric surgery departments in Abidjan.Serum testosterone could be measured only in 9 of 13 patients. Four patients were treated medically with topical androgen only. One patient had feminizing genitoplasty, and 2 had masc...