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A 7 Year Old Girl with Vaginal Burn from Exposure to an Alkaline Battery
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Federação das Sociedades Portuguesas de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: Vaginal burns resulting from alkaline batteries are a rare and potential serious complication which require a prompt intervention. Case: A 7-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain, dysuria and brownish vaginal discharge. Clinical history suggested a foreign body. Abdominal radiography showed two alkaline batteries inside the vagina that were removed. Vaginoscopy revealed severe vaginal burns with necrosis of a large area of posterior cul de sac. Two months after the girl was asymptomatic. Discussion: Vaginal foreign bodies should be considered in pre-pubertal girls presenting with vaginal bleeding. Its removal and assessment of direct effects should be immediately performed. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- Foreign body
Vaginal burn
Child
Alkaline batteries
MAC GIN
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......2340..60185fef6b443d2282c19a98473fa9d0