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Hematometrocolpos in a Pubescent Girl with Abdominal Pain

Hematometrocolpos is a rare congenital abnormality of the female urogenital system that leads to an imperforate hymen and subsequent retrograde menstruation. We present the case of a 14-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with amenorrhea and abdominal pain, and was foun...

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Autores principales: Kotter, Haleigh C., Weingrow, Daniel, Canders, Caleb P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849312
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33369
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description Hematometrocolpos is a rare congenital abnormality of the female urogenital system that leads to an imperforate hymen and subsequent retrograde menstruation. We present the case of a 14-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with amenorrhea and abdominal pain, and was found to have an imperforate hymen and hematometrocolpos on trans-abdominal point-of-care ultrasound. It is important for emergency physicians to consider this diagnosis in pubescent female patients presenting with abdominal pain, as missed diagnosis can lead to infertility and other complications.
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spelling pubmed-59651742018-05-30 Hematometrocolpos in a Pubescent Girl with Abdominal Pain Kotter, Haleigh C. Weingrow, Daniel Canders, Caleb P. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Hematometrocolpos is a rare congenital abnormality of the female urogenital system that leads to an imperforate hymen and subsequent retrograde menstruation. We present the case of a 14-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with amenorrhea and abdominal pain, and was found to have an imperforate hymen and hematometrocolpos on trans-abdominal point-of-care ultrasound. It is important for emergency physicians to consider this diagnosis in pubescent female patients presenting with abdominal pain, as missed diagnosis can lead to infertility and other complications. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5965174/ /pubmed/29849312 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33369 Text en © 2017 Canders et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Hematometrocolpos in a Pubescent Girl with Abdominal Pain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849312
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