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Urethral prolapse in prepubertal females: Report of seven cases
Author(s) -
Liu Chang,
Lin Ya,
Chen Xiangjian,
Li Shi,
Zhu Hua
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.13467
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , lesion , optics , physics
Urethral prolapse is a rare lesion in female children, with a suggested incidence of one in 5000 in C hina. Most of the cases reported in children have been in girls of African descent. In this report, we present seven cases of C hinese pediatric patients with urethral prolapse. Patient ages ranged from 2 to 8 years. They all presented with a protruding mass in the vaginal opening and bleeding. Diagnosis was confirmed with the combination of clinical manifestation and supplementary examinations. The patients were treated with either conservative therapy (two of the seven patients) or surgical intervention (five of the seven patients). During a 2‐week to 6‐year follow‐up, no case recurred. The literature on urethral prolapse is reviewed.