Introduction Many young women experience irregular or heavy vaginal bleeding in the course of their development. In most cases, the abnormal bleeding is due to anovulation and immaturity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian feedback mechanisms. However, abnormal bleeding may be the presenting sign of multiple medical illnesses that require long-term treatment and follow-up, and pediatricians m...

To evaluate prospectively vaginal bleeding in young children with emphasis on the cause, management and outcome, we analyzed the data of all children aged under 10 years old who presented with vaginal bleeding at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between 1981 and 2000. There were 55 girls presenting with vaginal bleeding with variable degrees of severity. In 41 of the 55 girls (74.5%), t...

Severe vaginal lacerations and hematomas can be serious, life-threatening complications of vaginal delivery. The management is usually limited to suturing and vaginal packing with gauze. After a vaginal delivery vaginal tissues can be edematous, friable and very difficult to suture. Vaginal balloon tamponade can be a solution in difficult cases of intractable vaginal hemorrhage or occult vagina...

OBJECTIVE The study aims to determine if a vaginal examination improves diagnostic accuracy when assessing women who present to the ED with vaginal bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. METHODS One hundred and thirty-five women with first trimester bleeding were randomised to have a vaginal examination (n = 61) or not (n = 74). They were given a provisional diagnosis, and then a final...

Background: Aim: To update the incidence of vaginal cuff related complications after different modes of hysterectomy and their management. Methods: The study was conducted in Jingzhou central hospital, Jingzhou, Hubei, China. Patient’s case files were reviewed who had undergone Hysterectomy from 1 st Jan. 2013 31 st Dec. 2014. The incidence of vaginal cuff related complications were retrospecti...

Placenta accreta during the first trimester of pregnancy is rare. Only a few cases of placenta accreta manifesting as a uterine mass have been published. Most patients with placenta accreta present with vaginal bleeding during or after pregnancy. This report describes a patient with placenta accreta that caused vaginal bleeding three years after a first trimester abortion. The patient had regul...

Vaginal leiomyomas are uncommon benign tumour with variable clinical presentation. These tumours arise most commonly from anterior vaginal wall. We report a case of 50-year old postmenopausal woman who presented with urinary retention, profuse vaginal bleeding and mass protruding into vagina. Local examination revealed a pedunculated mass attached to the posterior vaginal wall with vascular sta...

Ultrasound imaging plays a major role in evaluation of pregnancies especially in the first trimester of pregnancy. The aim of this study is to correlate the clinical and ultrasonographic diagnosis of vaginal bleeding in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and to find out its incidence and to study other associated conditions of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.100 patients with vaginal bleeding up...