title: Vaginismus and vaginal tears.
abstract: We present a case of vaginismus in which Cusco's bivalve speculum was used to exclude vaginal and cervical warts and to obtain the first cervical smear for this patient. This procedure has resulted in bilateral vaginal tears and a blood loss of 1,000 ml.
authors: Liverpool Maternity Hospital, England.
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authors: Rafla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013035:Spasm / Q000503:physiopathology; D014621:Vagina / Q000293:injuries*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology