title: Foreign body in the vagina of a four-year-old-girl: a childish prank or sexual abuse.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Foreign body in the vagina is a common cause of vaginal discharge, which may be either purulent or hemorrhagic.
  
  
  METHODS
  This problem may produce symptoms or be asymptomatic for long periods of time and may result from ignorance, accident, malice, psychotic tendencies, attempts at sexual stimulation or sexual abuse. The current report presents the case of a girl that had inserted a foreign body in her vagina probably due to childish prank.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinicians should always think of foreign bodies in the vagina in cases of chronic, antibiotic resistant vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain especially in young girls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakhavar
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Batool
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Teimoori
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Marzie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghasemi
keywords: Foreign Bodies; Sex Offenses; Vaginal Discharge