Counsel parents given a new finding of atypical genitalia — OSCE

The parents of a two-day-old infant, noted at birth to have clitoromegaly and posterior labial fusion, are frightened and tearful. They have heard a nurse say the word 'intersex' and have read online that their child may never have a normal life. They do not understand why the team will not tell them whether their baby is a boy or a girl, and they are asking for the genitalia to be surgically corrected immediately. The 17-hydroxyprogesterone is pending and the karyotype is not yet back. Counsel them.