Open AccessHimen imperforado como causa de dolor abdominal en la adolescencia. A propósito de un caso
Author(s) -
María Ibarrola Vidaurre,
Sara Arribas García,
Juan Gimeno Ballester,
Francisco José Gil Sáenz,
Marta Fonseca Pérez,
G. Durán Urdániz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.e6
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , abdominal pain , gynecology , menarche , physical examination , sex organ , lower abdominal pain , hymen , abdominal ultrasound , obstetrics , pediatrics , surgery , vagina , physics , biology , optics , genetics , endocrinology
The imperforate hymen is a congenital anomaly of the female genital development. This is a rare pathology with an estimated incidence of 0.1% in female newborns. In many cases, the diagnosis goes unnoticed until puberty, debuting with cyclical abdominal pain in adolescents who have not submitted menarche. Diagnosis is based on history and physical examination, although additional tests, especially the ultrasound that allows to confirm clinical diagnosis and to exclude other genital malformations. We report a case of a 13-year-old that was diagnosed after consulting several times for recurrent abdominal pain.