'Vaginal' bleeding in prepubertal age: a rare scaring riddle, a case of the urethral prolapse and review of the literature
| Autor: | C. Ranzato, Paola Facchin, Liviana Da Dalt, Alessia Arseni, Anna Aprile, Melissa Rosa Rizzotto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Child abuse
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics urethral prolapse vaginal bleeding media_common.quotation_subject urethral prolapse vaginal bleeding child sexual abuse differential diagnosis Urethral Prolapse Pathology and Forensic Medicine Diagnosis Differential Uterine Prolapse differential diagnosis medicine International literature Humans Vaginal bleeding Girl Child media_common business.industry Child Abuse Sexual Surgery Sexual abuse child sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Female Uterine Hemorrhage Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom business Law |
| Popis: | The entities responsible for isolated vaginal bleeding are a broad spectrum of diseases. Vaginal bleeding in a prepubertal child is always treated as an alarming symptom both by parents and professionals. Most often, one of the first hypotheses is that a sexual abuse may be occurred and the clinical work up is oriented to explore it and eventually confirm or substantiante another diagnosis. Among the possible differential diagnosis urethral prolapse has to be considered. We report the case of a 6 years-old Caucasian girl referred to our Service for a mild vaginal bleeding and with the suspicion of sexual abuse, excluded after the confirmation of the presence of urethral prolapse. The clinical picture and workup are described and compared with a review of the international literature on the issue. |
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