Clinical profile and management challenges of disorders of sex development in Africa: a systematic review.

Objectives: To review the published literature regarding disorders of sex development (DSD) in Africa which will highlight clinical characteristics, and challenges of evaluation and treatment of DSD.

Content: We performed systematic review of articles published on DSD in Africa between January 2001 and December 2020.

Summary: Eighteen studies involving 1980 patients from nine countries were analyzed.

Thoracic endometriosis syndrome in Nigeria: a single-centre experience.

Objectives: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is the presence of functional endometrial tissue in or around the lung. There seem to be differences in the clinical presentation of this condition among Nigerian patients. We aim to study the clinical presentation and management outcome of TES in our centre.

Unexpected delivery: a case report of cryptic pregnancy in Nigeria.

The etiology of cryptic pregnancy has not been fully elucidated and there exist misconceptions about this phenomenon in our contemporary Nigerian society. This case presents the first case report of cryptic pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa. A case of a 19 year old overweight female student who presented to the sick bay at 01: 30 hours with a 3-day history of lower back pain, abdominal discomfort and constipation.

Desire for prenatal gender disclosure among primigravidae in Enugu, Nigeria.

Background: Prenatal gender disclosure is a nonmedical fetal ultrasonography view, which is considered ethically unjustified but has continued to grow in demand due to pregnant women's requests.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of primigravidae who want prenatal gender disclosure and the reasons for it.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of randomly selected primigravidae seen at Enugu Scan Centre.