Virilized External Genitalia in Young Girls: Clinical Characteristics and Management Challenges in a Low-Resource Setting

Disorders of sex development in a developing country: perspectives and outcome of surgical management of 39 cases

“…In this study a total of eight cases were wrongly reared as male prior to presentation. Though wrong male gender rearing has been previously reported in some other countries [10,12,17,24], the reason for this may be related to severe virilization in a genetic female as seen in cases with Prader 4 and Prader 5 anomalies [24,25]. Alternately this tendency may be induced by the pressure to have male offspring in some cultures to secure family name, secure marriage, and to ensure reasonable inheritance [26].…”