Doctors have performed an ultra-rare operation to transform the life of a 23 year-old woman who suffered a range of bizarre genital deformities — including the ‘closing up’ of her vaginal opening
The woman had only noticed the problem in the two years prior to the surgery, and had so far experienced regular menstrual periods, according to the report published in Springer Nature.
Gynaecologists also noted that her clitoris — genital tissue with around 8,000 nerve endings responsible for s3xual pleasure — was more than 10 times the size of the average length, and resembled a ‘microp3nis’.
Intriguingly, scans showed her reproductive organs, including her womb and ovaries, were normal.
The woman was said to be suffering a genetic condition that affects just one in 160,000 women worldwide, called clitoromegaly.
The rare disorder causes the external genitals to develop abormally, often resembling male organs.
It is thought to be caused by a mutation in DNA that causes a severe imbalance in s3x hormones as a child develops.
While most women who suffer the condition develop some male genitalia at birth, in this most recent case, reported by doctors at Shalinitai Meghe Hospital in Nagpur, India, the ‘p3nis’ only began to grow when the patient grew older.
The experts note that symptoms of the condition can go unnoticed until puberty kicks in and patients are affected by an increase in s3X hormones.
Doctors noted that the patient also had extremely small amounts of breast tissue, as well as excess hair growth on the face.
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