A 15 year old girl presented to the accident and emergency (A&E) department with a 24 hour history of lower abdominal pain, and was found to have acute urinary retention. She was discovered to have an imperforate hymen with associated haematocolpos and haematometrium. This is rare and is hence a very unusual presentation to the A&E department. Patients presenting with retention of urine should ...

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 ...

Acute urinary retention is unusual in children and is usually a candidate for visiting the emergency department upon initial discovery. We report a 12-year-old girl who complained of acute urinary retention. Ultrasonography demonstrated a large echogenic mass over the vagina and mild dilation of the uterus. Imperforate hymen associated with hematocolpos and hematometrium was diagnosed. Cruciate...

The presence of both a uterovaginal septum and imperforate hymen is described in a young patient presenting with ongoing chronic pelvic pain and a double pyocolpos. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging scans were performed. The patient underwent laparoscopic adesiolysis, hymenotomy with drainage of 200 mL of pus, and excision of a complete longitudinal vaginal septum. Over the past 5 years...

İmperfore himen genellikle adölesan dönemde ortaya çıkan Müllerian kanal anomalisidir. Ergenlik döneminde ağrı, hematokolpometra ve primer amenore ile kendini gösterir. Tedavi edilmeyen hastalarda endometriozis infertilite gibi ciddi komplikasyonlar gelişebilir. himenin tedavi yöntemi himenektomi ya da himenotomidir. Olgumuz, 11 yaşında kız çocuğu, bakire, amenoreli olup karın ağrısı şikâyetiyl...