Intravaginal Foreign Body: A Rare Cause of Persistent Vaginal Discharge in a Child.
Journal
African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS
ISSN: 0974-5998
Titre abrégé: Afr J Paediatr Surg
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101255062
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Jul 2024
01 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
18
10
2022
accepted:
15
03
2023
medline:
20
8
2024
pubmed:
20
8
2024
entrez:
20
8
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Vaginal discharge is a common gynaecologic complaint in pre-menarchal girls. However, an intravaginal foreign body (FB) must be suspected when it is persistent. We report the case of a referred 4-year-old girl with a 5-month history of persistent foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Clinical examination confirmed purulent vaginal discharge, along with a vaginal granuloma. A hard, intravaginal object was felt through the anterior rectal wall on digital rectal examination. A plain pelvic X-ray revealed a radiopaque object whose intravaginal position was confirmed by ultrasonography. The patient underwent granuloma excision plus FB removal and antibiotic treatment. The 12-month follow-up was unremarkable.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39162759
doi: 10.4103/ajps.ajps_138_22
pii: 01434821-202421030-00014
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
207-209Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 Copyright: © 2024 African Journal of Paediatric Surgery.
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