title: Long-term intravaginal presence of foreign bodies in children. A preliminary study.
abstract: The similar clinical features of childhood sexual abuse, isolated premature menarche and intravaginal foreign objects prompted a preliminary study of the anatomic features of intravaginal foreign objects in premenarchal females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Pokorny
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*