BACKGROUND Hymenal abnormalities are most commonly a result of incomplete apoptosis of the urogenital sinus during embryology. Infrequently, however, noncongenital abnormalities of the hymen can occur that can cause significant sequelae such as severe introital dyspareunia. CASES We report on two adult women who developed severe introital dyspareunia secondary to hymenal stenosis and fibrosis...

226 Volume XI, no. 2 : May 2010 The bulging membrane was incised and drained 300 mL of fluid. The child improved symptomatically. Hydronephrosis resolved on follow-up ultrasonography. An imperforate hymen causing hydrometrocolpos, bilateral hydronephrosis and associated anuria/urinary retention is extremely rare in the neonatal period.1 Neonatal Hydrometrocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen u...

Mechanical obstruction by hematocolpos can result in acute urinary retention.(1) Imperforate hymen is a rare condition that presents mainly with primary amenorrhea, cyclic abdominal pain and rarely, urine retention in pubertal girls.(2) This is a 23-year old female who presented with acute urine retention. She had history of previous vaginal repair of imperforate hymen. On examination patient w...

Introduction. Acute urinary retention in a child is rare. Haematocolpos can cause a mechanical obstruction, resulting in acute urinary retention. Case Report. A 12-year-old girl presented to the surgical department with a one-day history of acute urinary retention and suprapubic tenderness. She had not started menses but had described period-like pains every month for the past six months. On ex...

Imperforate Hymen (IH), an obstructive congenital anomaly of the female genital tract, is seen in 1 in 2000 female births. Treatment of IH is hymenotomy or hymenectomy. Different types of incisions are mentioned in the literature. We reported two cases of IH with different clinical presentations and described a simple virginity preserving and socially acceptable procedure to protect the virgini...

BACKGROUND Vaginismus is a sexual disorder that can cause painful intercourse. Although several studies have shown a relationship between higher education and socio-economic level of women with vaginismus, the relationship between demographic characteristics and other variables remains unclear. OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted to determine the demographic characteristics of women wi...

We read the case report by Rabani and enjoyed it (1). As he said the imperforated hymen is a rare cause of urinary retention in female patients, especially before menarche, but we would like to add some additional comments and suggestions on this issue. The hymen, which is a mesodermal sheet, should be perforated in the late time of the embryonic period but sometimes it does not happen. This ph...

Background: We aimed to present the demographic information, treatment protocol, and results of 482 female patients that presented our clinic specialized in sexual dysfunction with complaint no or only partial intercourse were diagnosed primary vaginismus.Methods: The asked eight questions about demographics; 13 marriage; seven family structure upbringing; three history psychiatric diseases gen...

conclusions as vaginismus can affect the stability of marriage, it is necessary to assess sexual dysfunction from all directions, including demographic characteristics and variables that affect the incidence of vaginismus. therefore, based on the data obtained, we can diagnose and properly treat sexual dysfunction, in time, and teach couples how to deal with it. patients and methods this study ...