Prepubertal Vaginal Bleeding with a Rare Etiology

Prepubertal Vaginal Bleeding with a Rare Etiology

A 6 year old girl presented with vaginal bleeding for the last one and a half month.. There was no history suggestive of trauma or molestation. Adrenarche or the larche was not present and her height and weight plotted in the growth chart showed normal growth. Investigations revealed no benign or malignant neoplasm of the ovaries or in vagina or cervix. Thyroid stimulating hormone was in the no...

An Unusual Cause of Vaginal Bleeding in a Prepubertal Girl.

Menstrual-like vaginal bleeding in prepubertal girls: an unexplained condition

Unexplained menstrual-like cyclic vaginal bleeding, lasting for several days and without any uterine and vaginal anomaly, is a rare condition in prepubertal girls. Only small series (containing four to eleven cases) have been described in literature. We report our in nine girls presenting with vaginal bleeding without any abnormality at gynaecological, hormonal and echographic examination.

leech bite: a rare cause of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding

Leech Bite: A Rare Cause of Postmenopausal Vaginal Bleeding

Dear Editor, Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding has various causes. Differential diagnoses include exogenous estrogens, atrophic endometritis/vaginitis, endometrial or cervical cancer and polyps, uterine sarcoma, urethral caruncles and trauma. Therefore, it is necessary to rule out the pathological etiology of bleeding in postmenopausal women. The leech is a member of the phylum Annelida of the cl...