INTRODUCTION Urethral coitus is very rare and in the reported cases, it was mostly presented with urinary incontinence and infertility. Septate vagina and other anomalies of hymeneal orifice are predisposing factors at the time of initiation of sexual activity.(1) Urethral intercourse in the female is very rare. When urethral coitus occurs, it is usually in association with rape or with vaginal...

Imperforate hymen is the most frequent obstructive anomaly of the female genital tract. It can be diagnosed on prenatal ultrasound as bladder outlet obstruction, due to hydrocolpos or mucocolpos 1 and postnatally on physical examination of the perineum and abdomen. No additional tests or investigative tools are required for diagnosis per se. We share our experience of two index cases of imperfo...

Although Imperforate hymen is a rare condition, it is the most common obstructive anomaly of the female genital tract. The early diagnosis of this condition requires a high index of suspicion in newborns and in females without a history of menarche. Hydronephrosis is a known but rare complication of an imperforate hymen. Hereby we preset 2 cases of premenstrual adolescent with urinary retention...

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a congenital anomaly of female genital tract where there hypoplasia uterus and upper two- thirds vagina. Patients with MRHK present normal development secondary sexual characteristics due to ovarian function. We report 2 cases who presented absent ovaries confirmed on imaging. Both our MRKH had short stature underdeveloped characteristics. It ex...

PURPOSE Cloacal exstrophy is a complex multisystem anomaly. Due to ambiguous genitalia gender assignment or reassignment is common. The psychological, emotional and behavioral impact of this condition has rarely been investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 8 children with cloacal exstrophy born with genital ambiguity and a control group of 12 with cloacal anomalies born without genit...

The WAGR syndrome is a multiple congenital anomaly–mental retardation syndrome caused by interstitial deletion of the distal portion of chromosome 11p13. It is a contiguous gene deletion syndrome, and WAGR is an acronym for the primary features: W for Wilms tumor, A for aniridia, G for genital anomalies, and R for mental retardation. Wilms tumor and male genital anomalies are caused by deletion...

the results of 10 year clinico - pathologic study about female genital tuberculosis in isfahan are reported. the main aims of this investigation were to study and review the tuberculosis of female genital tract to evaluate the influence of treatment and above all, to attempt to gain a better insight into the relation of infertility to this disease. in this study the following points have been t...

Introduction. The data on psychological status of patients with congenital defects of urogenital tract are very scarce, yet it was confi rmed that reactions to the information about diagnosed anomaly and then patients’ attitudes toward treatment vary with a kind of malformation, patient’s age and personality. Aim of the study. The aim of the study was to analyze the correlation between the seve...

Reproductive tract malformations are rare in general population but are commonly encountered in women with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. Obstructive anomalies present around menarche causing extreme pain and adversely affecting the life of the young women. The clinical signs, symptoms and reproductive problems depend on the anatomic distortions, which may range from congenital absen...

Forty-six cases of anorectal malformations (ARM) were seen over a period of 28 months in the elective paediatric surgical service of the two teaching hospitals in Harare, Zimbabwe, of whom 20 (43,5%) were males and 26 (56,5%) were females. Twenty-two (47,8%) of the cases had a 'high' anomaly while 21 (45m7/5) had a 'low' anomaly, and the remaining 3 cases (6,5%) had a 'cloaca' malformation. Twe...