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Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl
Urethral caruncle (UC) is a benign fleshy outgrowth at the urethral meatus. It was first described by Samuel Sharp in 1750 and occurs mainly at the posterior lip of the urethra, and the exact aetiology is still uncertain. More often it was seen in the postmenopausal women, and only few cases are rep...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3486032 |
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author | Gamage, Manori Beneragama, D. |
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description | Urethral caruncle (UC) is a benign fleshy outgrowth at the urethral meatus. It was first described by Samuel Sharp in 1750 and occurs mainly at the posterior lip of the urethra, and the exact aetiology is still uncertain. More often it was seen in the postmenopausal women, and only few cases are reported in young girls. Patients may be asymptomatic and could find this as an incidental finding or they may present with symptoms such as dysuria, bleeding per vagina, haematuria, a mass protruding through vagina, and acute retention of urine. Here, we report the case history of a 4-year-old girl presented with vaginal bleeding which was taken as she has attended menarche and found to have urethral caruncle which was the cause for bleeding. Histology confirmed the diagnosis, and girl was completely cured following surgical excision. |
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spelling | pubmed-58313142018-03-11 Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl Gamage, Manori Beneragama, D. Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Urethral caruncle (UC) is a benign fleshy outgrowth at the urethral meatus. It was first described by Samuel Sharp in 1750 and occurs mainly at the posterior lip of the urethra, and the exact aetiology is still uncertain. More often it was seen in the postmenopausal women, and only few cases are reported in young girls. Patients may be asymptomatic and could find this as an incidental finding or they may present with symptoms such as dysuria, bleeding per vagina, haematuria, a mass protruding through vagina, and acute retention of urine. Here, we report the case history of a 4-year-old girl presented with vaginal bleeding which was taken as she has attended menarche and found to have urethral caruncle which was the cause for bleeding. Histology confirmed the diagnosis, and girl was completely cured following surgical excision. Hindawi 2018-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5831314/ /pubmed/29527372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3486032 Text en Copyright © 2018 Manori Gamage and D. Beneragama. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gamage, Manori Beneragama, D. Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title | Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title_full | Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title_fullStr | Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title_full_unstemmed | Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title_short | Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl |
title_sort | urethral caruncle presented as premature menarche in a 4-year-old girl |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3486032 |
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