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An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis

Vaginal agenesis is part of a group of anomalies, referred to as Mullerian anomalies due to their embryologic origin, in which there is a congenital absence of the vagina. We present a unique case in which a 20-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with cyclical abdominal pain and pr...

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Autores principales: Petrykowski, John P, Calise, Ashley C, Doyle, Riley A, Hurd, Brent J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9993800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36909065
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34673
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description Vaginal agenesis is part of a group of anomalies, referred to as Mullerian anomalies due to their embryologic origin, in which there is a congenital absence of the vagina. We present a unique case in which a 20-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with cyclical abdominal pain and primary amenorrhea. The original assessment showed a probable imperforate hymen; however, it was later found that she likely had vaginal agenesis. Vaginal agenesis is a rare disease, but it is prevalent enough that it should be kept at the forefront of the differential diagnosis in a woman with primary amenorrhea and recurring pain. We also highlight the importance of patient education in general, but categorically to sexual health.
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spelling pubmed-99938002023-03-09 An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis Petrykowski, John P Calise, Ashley C Doyle, Riley A Hurd, Brent J Cureus Emergency Medicine Vaginal agenesis is part of a group of anomalies, referred to as Mullerian anomalies due to their embryologic origin, in which there is a congenital absence of the vagina. We present a unique case in which a 20-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with cyclical abdominal pain and primary amenorrhea. The original assessment showed a probable imperforate hymen; however, it was later found that she likely had vaginal agenesis. Vaginal agenesis is a rare disease, but it is prevalent enough that it should be kept at the forefront of the differential diagnosis in a woman with primary amenorrhea and recurring pain. We also highlight the importance of patient education in general, but categorically to sexual health. Cureus 2023-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9993800/ /pubmed/36909065 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34673 Text en Copyright © 2023, Petrykowski et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Petrykowski, John P
Calise, Ashley C
Doyle, Riley A
Hurd, Brent J
An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title_full An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title_fullStr An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title_full_unstemmed An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title_short An Atypical Cause of Primary Amenorrhea: A Case Report of Rare Vaginal Agenesis
title_sort atypical cause of primary amenorrhea: a case report of rare vaginal agenesis
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9993800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36909065
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34673
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