Prepubertal vaginal examination.

Prepubertal Vaginal Bleeding with a Rare Etiology

A 6 year old girl presented with vaginal bleeding for the last one and a half month.. There was no history suggestive of trauma or molestation. Adrenarche or the larche was not present and her height and weight plotted in the growth chart showed normal growth. Investigations revealed no benign or malignant neoplasm of the ovaries or in vagina or cervix. Thyroid stimulating hormone was in the no...

An Unusual Cause of Vaginal Bleeding in a Prepubertal Girl.

Introducing educational theory: vaginal examination.

A vaginal examination (VE) is one of many core skills used in midwifery practice. Despite the controversy of whether it is necessary in all situations, in this article I take the standpoint that it is useful in providing a full clinical picture, especially at times when closer monitoring is recommended. Additionally, if the core skill is misinterpreted, the findings of the VE can distort the tr...

Menstrual-like vaginal bleeding in prepubertal girls: an unexplained condition

Unexplained menstrual-like cyclic vaginal bleeding, lasting for several days and without any uterine and vaginal anomaly, is a rare condition in prepubertal girls. Only small series (containing four to eleven cases) have been described in literature. We report our in nine girls presenting with vaginal bleeding without any abnormality at gynaecological, hormonal and echographic examination.

Cytolytic vaginosis: examination of 2947 vaginal smears.

The aim of this study is to detect the rate of cytolytic vaginosis (CV) cases in patients with symptoms resembling those ones of candida vaginitis and to distinguish them from candidiasis cases by examining of 2947 Papanicolaou-stained vaginal smears. Fifty four of 2947 patients (1.83%) were diagnosed as having CV based on cytologic criteria such as naked nuclei of intermediate cells (IC), the ...