Recurrent urinary retention due to imperforate hymen after hymenotomy failure: a rare case report and review of the literature.
Acute urinary retention (AUR) is unusual in children. We report for the first time a case of recurrent urinary retention due to massive hematocolpos resulting from an imperforate hymen in a 14-year-old girl. In case of AUR in adolescent girls, clinicians should keep in mind that imperforate hymen may be a causative factor and this condition may easily be treated surgically, but follow-up is still necessary to ensure that there is no recurrence.
Department of Urology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Sara
S
Abu-Ghanem
Rosa
R
Novoa
Jacob
J
Kaneti
Eran
E
Rosenberg
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006399:Hematocolpos / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006924:Hymen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*