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THE USE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ELUCIDATING THE PROBLEM OF IMPERFORATE VAGINA
Author(s) -
Jolly H.F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02394.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , vagina , ultrasonography , ultrasound , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
Discovery of an absent vaginal orifice in the presence of normal external genitalia raises the problem as to the exact extent of the abnormality. Careful history taking may give a guide. However, ultrasound examination has been shown to be extremely useful in clarifying the situation. By this test, a more accurate appreciation of the problem is obtained.