Hematometrocolpos in a Pubescent Girl with Abdominal Pain

Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2017 Jul 6;1(3):218-220. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33369. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Abstract

Hematometrocolpos is a rare congenital abnormality of the female urogenital system that leads to an imperforate hymen and subsequent retrograde menstruation. We present the case of a 14-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with amenorrhea and abdominal pain, and was found to have an imperforate hymen and hematometrocolpos on trans-abdominal point-of-care ultrasound. It is important for emergency physicians to consider this diagnosis in pubescent female patients presenting with abdominal pain, as missed diagnosis can lead to infertility and other complications.

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