title: An unexpected cause of vaginal bleeding: the role of pelvic radiography.
abstract: Vaginal bleeding and/or discharge in young girls may result from infection, urological problems, endocrine causes, bleeding disorders, dermatological conditions, trauma, sexual abuse, masses or foreign bodies. We report a case of excessive vaginal bleeding caused by a foreign body in a prepubertal girl with emphasis on the diagnostic challenges and pitfalls regarding imaging techniques. In our patient, although invasive and expensive investigations had been initially made, the foreign body was last detected only when a plain pelvic radiography was performed.
authors: 4th Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors: Ioannis
authors: I
authors: Kyrgios
authors: Eleftheria
authors: E
authors: Emmanouilidou
authors: Theodoros
authors: T
authors: Theodoridis
authors: Assimina
authors: A
authors: Galli-Tsinopoulou
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014621:Vagina