Nigerian Journal of Medicine (Jan 2023)

Plexiform neurofibroma presenting as ambiguous genitalia

  • Obinna Remigius Okwesili,
  • Ikenna Ifeanyi Nnabugwu,
  • Ekeoma Okey Nwosu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/NJM.NJM_88_23
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 4
pp. 449 – 451

Abstract

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Plexiform neurofibroma rarely affects the external genitalia and is a rare cause of clitoromegaly. The essential aspect of the management is doing a clitoroplasty with the preservation of glandular and neurovascular tissues. We present the case of an 18-year-old female who had ambiguous genitalia due to an enlarged clitoris due to neurofibromatosis that was the size of a penis with indistinct labia majora. She was managed by carrying out a feminising genitoplasty, a combination of clitoroplasty and labiaplasty.

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