A 7-year-old girl with vaginal burn from exposure to an alkaline battery
Background: Vaginal burns resulting from alkaline batteries are a rare and potential serious complication which require a prompt intervention. Case: A 7-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain, dysuria and brownish vaginal discharge. Clinical history suggested a foreign body. Abdominal radiography showed two alkaline batteries inside the vagina that were removed. Vaginoscopy revealed severe vaginal burns with necrosis of a large area of posterior cul de sac. Two months after the girl was asymptomatic. Discussion: Vaginal foreign bodies should be considered in pre-pubertal girls presenting with vaginal bleeding. Its removal and assessment of direct effects should be immediately performed.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.
2018
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Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-58302018000300009 |
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