Article
Preschool Girl With Vaginal Bleeding Due to Pinworm Endometritis
Fecha
2020-04Registro en:
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescennt Gynecology, 2020, vol.33(2), pp. 170-172
Autor
Hoveling, Andrea von
Carrasco, Lilian
Weitzel, Thomas
Riquelme, Cristina
Sepúlveda, Paula
Ojeda, Hugo
Martínez, Gioconda
Institución
Resumen
Genital tract bleeding in prepubertal girls is a rare clinical condition, which can occur for multiple reasons. It frequently generates anxiety in the family and in health care professionals. A thorough anamnesis and careful genital inspection can give important diagnostic hints; however, there are cases in which the cause remains doubtful and a complete gynecological evaluation (including cultures and vaginoscopy) is necessary. Therefore, the attending physician should always consider less frequent diagnoses in order to perform the necessary studies in a sequential and rational manner. We present the case of a preschool girl with vaginal bleeding due to pinworm endometritis, which, to our knowledge, has never been reported before as a cause of genital bleeding in prepubertal girls.