Imperfore hymen case report

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 Rare Presentation of Imperforate Hymen: A Case Report

Introduction. Acute urinary retention in a child is rare. Haematocolpos can cause a mechanical obstruction, resulting in acute urinary retention. Case Report. A 12-year-old girl presented to the surgical department with a one-day history of acute urinary retention and suprapubic tenderness. She had not started menses but had described period-like pains every month for the past six months. On ex...

A Case of Annular Hymen

of cocaine, and then by the aid of a pair of scissors and digital pressure I succeeded in breaking down the hymen. The haemorrhage was slight, and was easily controlled by a plug of absorbent wool. Mr and Mrs B. left town on the following day, but in a note which came from them recently I was informed that everything was satisfactory. Mrs B. was quite young, somewhere about 25, and her husband ...

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...

A Case of Hymen Imperforata