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Hymenal Polyps in Newborn Infants
Author(s) -
BORGLIN NILS ERIK,
SELANDER PER
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1962.tb08655.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hymen , dorsum , anatomy , vagina
Summary Polypoid formations originating from the dorsal edge or dorsal margin of the hymen or just cranial to it occur in about 6% of all newborn girls. They consist of embryonal rests of the uro‐rectal septum. These polyps are always benign and disappear spontaneously within a few weeks.