Imperforate hymen: a cause of abdominal pain in female adolescents

Imperforate Hymen - a rare cause of acute abdominal pain and tenesmus: case report and review of the literature

Imperforate hymen is a rare condition that presents with amenorrhea, cyclical abdominal pains and urine retention among pubertal girls. A 14 year old girl with imperforate hymen underwent hymenotomy for hematocolpometra, having presented with abdominal pains and tenesmus.

A Case of Imperforate Hymen

A Case of Imperforate Hymen

?was brought to me on the 6th April, 1926, for relief of retention of urine. She gave a history of difficulty in micturition for the past fortnight, with great pain during defaication; and for the last three days had had complete constipation and retention with overflow of urine. 'When she was being prepared for cat'heterisation, a condition of completely imperforate hymen was discovered. Enqui...

Imperforate Hymen with Hematocolpometra

The presence of both a uterovaginal septum and imperforate hymen is described in a young patient presenting with ongoing chronic pelvic pain and a double pyocolpos. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging scans were performed. The patient underwent laparoscopic adesiolysis, hymenotomy with drainage of 200 mL of pus, and excision of a complete longitudinal vaginal septum. Over the past 5 years...

Imperforate Hymen as Cause of Acute Urinary Retention

The imperforate hymen is one of the most frequent malformations of the female genital tract. The clinical presentation varies from the asymptomatic form to symptoms caused by the obstructive effect of the hematocolpometra such as primary amenorrhea, abdominal and lumbar pain, constipation, dysuria and urinary retention. We report the case of an adolescent whose only symptoms were acute urinary ...