title: Uterine procidentia in an African adolescent: an uncommon gynecological challenge.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uterovaginal prolapse in adolescents is rare, hence this report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Miss O.N. was a 17-year-old Para 1(+0) A1. She had a regular menstrual cycle. She presented with complaints of mass protruding from her vagina of twenty months duration. The problem started four months after a normal delivery at a maternity home. Her mother had a similar problem after her last delivery. A diagnosis of uterine procidentia was made. The patient and her care giver consented to use of ring pessary only.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uterovaginal prolapse can occur in a black adolescent with normal menstrual cycle and in the absence of obvious musculoskeletal or neurogenic defect. The etiology could be multifactoral. Ring pessary is an effective non-surgical treatment option in the young.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Cyril C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Dim
authors.forename: Uchenna A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Umeh
authors.forename: Hyginus U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Ezegwui
authors.forename: Arthur C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ikeme
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010570:Pessaries; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy