title: Calabash pregnancy: a malingering response to infertility complicated by domestic violence.
abstract: This is a case report of a 20-year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up 'calabash pregnancy'. There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence. Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow. The patient's age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence.
authors.affiliation: From: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika--Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. biyi.adesiyun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Adesiyun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ameh
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adamu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolawole
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult