title: [Vulvar complaints in young girls need instant professional evaluation].
abstract: As vulvovaginal disease are nog very common in prepubescent girls, it may seem reasonable to suspect sexual abuse when a small girl presents with complaints in the genital area. However, the very fact that there are visible changes suggests that it is no a case of sexual abuse, the signs of which are usually more subtle. To arrive at a correct diagnosis, and avoid unnecessary, traumatic investigation into the possibility of sexual abuse, it is essential that such patients be examined from the outset by physicians experienced in this field.
authors.affiliation: Kvinnokliniken, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jönsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nylander-Lundquist
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004485:Eczema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000175:diagnosis; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000175:diagnosis; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Vulvabesvär hos småflickor kräver snabb, professionell undersökning.