Acute Urine Retention Caused by Hematocolpos After Failed Hymenotomy in 23 Year Old Female

Mechanical obstruction by hematocolpos can result in acute urinary retention.(1) Imperforate hymen is a rare condition that presents mainly with primary amenorrhea, cyclic abdominal pain and rarely, urine retention in pubertal girls.(2) This is a 23-year old female who presented with acute urine ret...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Al-Hunaidi, Omar, El-Shazly, Mohamed, Alkandari, Mohamed, Ghobashy, Abdelazeem, Alhajeri, Faisal, Allam, Adel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Female Urology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2015.01.005
Descripción
Sumario:Mechanical obstruction by hematocolpos can result in acute urinary retention.(1) Imperforate hymen is a rare condition that presents mainly with primary amenorrhea, cyclic abdominal pain and rarely, urine retention in pubertal girls.(2) This is a 23-year old female who presented with acute urine retention. She had history of previous vaginal repair of imperforate hymen. On examination patient was found to have imperforate hymen. After fixing a catheter, an US scan showed hematocolpos that was confirmed CT. She was eventually underwent hymenectomy. We conclude that in peripubertal female with acute urinary retention, hematocolpos should be considered.

Ejemplares similares