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Diagnosis and management of a urethral prolapse in a 6-year-old girl: a case report
Urethral prolapse is a very rare disease, which is most often found in prepubescent girls. It occurs in about one over 5000 girls in the context of a chronic cough or any situation that increases abdominal pressure. It is often associated with diagnostic confusion, which delays management. We report...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754361 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.39.284.30954 |
| Sumario: | Urethral prolapse is a very rare disease, which is most often found in prepubescent girls. It occurs in about one over 5000 girls in the context of a chronic cough or any situation that increases abdominal pressure. It is often associated with diagnostic confusion, which delays management. We report the case of a 6-year-old child brought in urgently by her parents for a minimal genital hemorrhage and presence of a mass protruding from the vulva. In the hypothesis of a urethral prolapse, a medical treatment (conservative) was prescribed. After two weeks, the mass decreased significantly in volume and disappeared completely after 2 months. |
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