title: Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome of the hypertrophic clitoris in a 6-year-old girl.
abstract: Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is defined as the ischemic strangulation of hair resulting in edema and severe pain and may cause amputation of organs. Strangulation of the external genitalia (clitoris, labia minora) has rarely been described in girls. Here, we present a case of hypertrophic clitoris injury secondary to hair strangulation in a 6-year-old girl.
authors: From the Departments of *Pediatric Endocrinology, and †Pediatric Surgery, Necip Fazil State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
authors: Mesut
authors: M
authors: Parlak
authors: Ali Erdal
authors: AE
authors: Karakaya
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002987:Clitoris / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014844:Vulva / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery