title: Congenital absence of an ovary in a Nigerian woman.
abstract: A case of unilateral absence of the left ovary in a 45-year-old grand multiparous Nigerian woman is reported. Congenital absence of a gonad is extremely rare and it indicates a genetic or chromosomal error in the formation of the urogenital ridge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Dare
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Makinde
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Makinde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Odutayo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010053:Ovary / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010298:Parity