Imperforate Hymen Presenting with Massive Hematometra and Hematocolpos: A Case Report

Hematocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen

A previously healthy 12-year-old female was sent to the Emergency Department by her pediatrician for workup of severe suprapubic abdominal pain radiating to her lower back. She reported having waxing and waning pain for 1 month that had awoken her from sleep the previous evening. The patient denied nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, but reported mild urinary retention. Per history she was premenar...

Imperforate hymen presenting with massive haematocolpos and acute urinary retention in a teenage girl: A case report.

Imperforate hymen is relatively rare but it is the most frequently encountered obstructive anomaly of the female lower genital tract. The clinical presentation vary significantly from patient to patient depending on the age at diagnosis but in most cases the diagnosis is missed in early childhood and therefore the diagnosis is made after puberty when the patient present with haematocolpos, heam...

Imperforate Hymen Complicated with Genital Mutilation: A Case Report

There are an estimated 130 million victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide, mostly in Africa, and two million such procedures are performed every year. FGM is associated with many immediate and long-term complications. This study examines a case of an imperforated hymen in a premenarcheal adolescent girl presented with acute retention of urine. Eight months prior, she was treated i...

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...