TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Case series: vaginal rupture injuries following sexual assault in children and adolescents
JO  - Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
A1  - Abraham, Margaret
A1  - Kondis, Jamie
A1  - Merritt, Diane F.
SP  - e49
EP  - 52
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Vaginal rupture following sexual assault is a rare but life-threatening occurrence requiring prompt recognition and treatment. Here, we describe four such cases in children. Our purposes are to increase clinicians' awareness of the physical trauma that a sexual abuse victim can suffer from and increase recognition that these victims require immediate trauma services. CASES: Each patient had obvious hymenal and vaginal lacerations with a vaginal apical rupture injury and secondary acute blood loss. None of the four victims sustained infectious sequelae. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Providers should have a low threshold for managing sexual abuse victims as trauma cases when they have obvious hymenal and vaginal lacerations and genital bleeding, proceeding expeditiously to examination under general anesthesia when appropriate.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1083-3188
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2015.12.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -