title: Bleeding and vulvovaginitis in the pediatric age group.
abstract: Vaginal bleeding and vulvovaginitis are common clinical problems in the pediatric patient. Careful attention to historical and physical findings usually can resolve the problem at the initial visit. Knowledge of the differential diagnoses--including bacterial, nonspecific origins, dermatologic, traumatic, foreign bodies, neoplastic, urologic, precocious pubertal, or exogenous steroid ingestion--allows the clinician to include all significant causes of vaginal bleeding in this age group.
authors.affiliation: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sanfilippo
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Wakim
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000209:etiology*