title: Prenatal diagnosis of imperforate hymen with hydrometrocolpos.
abstract: Imperforate hymen is one of the most simple and most common anomalies in the female genital organs, occurring in 0.1% of girls born at term. Some are recognized because of mucocolpos at birth, but the diagnosis is usually not detected before puberty. Rarely, obstetric sonography may prenatally detect imperforate hymen due to presentation of hydrocolpos or hydrometrocolpos in the fetus if fetal cervical and vaginal secretions accumulate in response to circulating maternal estrogens. Nonetheless, reports of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of hydrometrocolpos are still very rare. In this article we report a prenatally diagnosed of imperforate hymen with hydrometrocolpos.
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Fetal Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gungorduk
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Sinem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sudolmus
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ark
authors.forename: Sezin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saygin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052202:Hydrocolpos / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006924:Hymen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal