TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Uro-genital bleeding in pre-menarcheal girls: dilemmas of child abuse
JO  - Pediatric surgery international
A1  - Agarwal, Shruti
A1  - Lall, A.
A1  - Bianchi, A.
A1  - Dickson, A.
SP  - 745
EP  - 746
VL  - 24
IS  - 6
N2  - Uro-genital bleeding in pre-menarcheal girls always raises concerns regarding child abuse. There are serious social issues involved; however, before labeling it as sexual abuse, all efforts must be made to rule out an organic pathology. We recently encountered two young girls of Afro-Caribbean origin who presented with vaginal bleeding with concerns from referring physicians about child/sexual abuse. On examination both had a rare condition of urethral prolapse. One of them underwent four-quadrant excision and the other was treated conservatively with urethral catherization.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0179-0358
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00383-008-2146-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -