Genitalia, Female

Alla faccia del corpo estraneo (vaginale)

Bleve C

2025/5 — pag. 117-119 — DOI

A 16-year-old girl with a history of partial liver transplant at the age of 5 due to autoimmune hepatitis undergoes a routine follow-up abdominal ultrasound that reveals bladder wall thickening and pseudopolypoid lesions. Cystoscopy and biopsy initia...

La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting, ultimately diagnosed with ovarian torsion, is described...

Alla ricerca delle cause di un sanguinamento urogenitale

Brusadelli C, Barzaghi S, Lauriola RS, Dell’Acqua F, Passoni P, Melzi ML

2023/5 — pag. 78-81 — DOI

Vaginal bleeding in pre-pubertal girls is uncommon and can often be confused with the bleeding from the genital or urinary tract or from the anus. The paper reports the case of a 6-year-old girl with pollakiuria and “dark urine” without pain, which l...

Ematocolpo in un'adolescente

Cuozzo M, Milano A, Improta M, Ponte G, D’Aprea T, Ciccarelli GP, Tartaglione N

2023/4 — pag. 60-60 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting at ED with severe abdominal pain is described. The diagnosis of haematocolpos was finally made thanks to the classic ultrasound image....

Un rene… due uteri! La sindrome di Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich

Borelli E, Casciana ML, Giacomozzi C, Fasoli S

2023/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

The case of an eleven-year-old girl with acute pelvic abdominal pain due to hematocolpos is presented. Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome was finally diagnosed....

L’imene imperforato come possibile causa di dolore addominale

Corona F

2022/3 — pag. 74-74 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl with B4, PH4 pubertal development and worsening abdominal pain is described. The diagnosis of imperforate hymen and secondary haematocolpos was eventually posed....

Che cos’è l’ematocolpo?

Cozzolino M, Furicchia F, Addeo AM, Rossini B, Parenti G, Mambelli L, Marchetti F.

2021/9 — pag. 587-590 — DOI

Hematocolpos is a term given to a blood-filled dilated vagina due to menstrual blood. When there is concurrent uterine distention, the term hematometrocolpos is used. These conditions are mostly in the setting of an anatomical obstruction, usually an...

Addome acuto come presentazione di imene imperforato con idrometrocolpo nel neonato

G. Gaudino, M.A. Galeone, C. Delehaye, E. Inserra, S. Confetto, A. Papparella, A. Marte, E. Miraglia del Giudice, C. Capristo, P. Montaldo

2020/26 — pag. 146-148 — DOI

Imperforate hymen is a congenital anomaly in which the hymenal membrane has no opening with subsequent vaginal outlet obstruction. After maternal hormone stimulation there is an increased cervical mucous glands secretion, which gradually accumulates ...

Amenorrea primaria e sindrome di Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser

F. Corrias

2020/3 — pag. 60-60

Doppio distretto renale con sbocco ureterale vaginale

I. Buffoni, G. Vagelli

2019/9 — pag. 596-598

Urinary dribbling in children can be due to urinary tract infection, mellitus and insipidus diabetes and vaginal voiding. In duplex renal system ureteral ectopia should be ruled out. Imaging of urinary tract in children is largely based on ultrasound...

Doppio distretto renale con sbocco ureterale vaginale

I. Buffoni, G. Vagelli

2019/9 — pag. 219-221

Urinary dribbling in children can be due to urinary tract infection, mellitus and insipidus diabetes and vaginal voiding. In duplex renal system ureteral ectopia should be ruled out. Imaging of urinary tract in children is largely based on ultrasound...

Un fermacapelli intraprendente

F. Mastro, A. De Martino, T. Martucci, C. Caputo, E. Oriolo, C. Franco, S. Caramia, M. Vinci, M. Indolfi

2019/3 — pag. 193-195

A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl presented with an abundant vaginal bleeding. She had recurrent vaginitis with vaginal discharge for 5 months. There was no history of urinary frequency, abdominal pains or sexual abuse. Her mother had taken her to p...

Un fermacapelli intraprendente

F. Mastro, A. De Martino, T. Martucci, C. Caputo, E. Oriolo, C. Franco, S. Caramia, M. Vinci, M. Indolfi

2019/3 — pag. 41-42

A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl presented with an abundant vaginal bleeding. She had recurrent vaginitis with vaginal discharge for 5 months. There was no history of urinary frequency, abdominal pains or sexual abuse. Her mother had taken her to p...

Sindrome di Rokitansky e dintorni: cosa deve sapere il pediatra

M.C. Pellegrin, F. Corrias, M. Bramuzzo, F. Scrimin, E. Cattaruzzi, G. Tornese, E. Faleschini, A. Ventura

2018/3 — pag. 165-171

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) is a rare congenital disorder characterised by variable aplasia of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina in women with a normal 46,XX karyotype and normal ovarian function. It may be isolated (t...

Che colpo! Ematocolpo

A. Contin, E. Casarin, M. Bellettato

2017/10 — pag. 663-664

Masse ovariche perinatali, in età pediatrica e in adolescenza: miti e realtà

M.C. Lucchetti, F. Morini

2017/10 — pag. 641-648

Ovarian masses are a relatively frequent finding either in perinatal or in paediatric and adolescent ages and are not always easy to interpret and manage. The same rules and protocols used in adult patients are generally adopted in the clinical app...

Quando mi girano le tube...

D. Monacelli, A. Carelli, M. Castagnino

2015/2 — pag. 115-116

La profilassi con vitamina D: importanti chiarimenti su dosi e formulazioni Un’altra possibile causa di tumefazione acuta del clitoride La testimonianza di due infermiere in missione nelle Filippine

2014/4 — pag. 219-221

Una tumefazione del clitoride

V. Graziani, M. Mainetti, F. Currò, S. Dal Bo, P. Ghetti, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2014/2 — pag. 113-115

Vulvovaginiti ricorrenti

2012/4 — pag. 252-253

Ipertrofia clitoridea in bambina affetta da neurofibromatosi di tipo 1

E. Ballerini, R. Luksch

2006/9 — pag. 601-602

We report the case of NF1 in a 21 month old female, who presented with hypertrophy of the clitoris. The work-up evaluations revealed the presence of multiple pelvic and abdominal neurofibromas and concomitant histologically assessed presacral ganglio...

Ipertrofia clitoridea in bambina affetta da neurofibromatosi di tipo 1

E. Ballerini, R. Luksch

2006/9

Lo sviluppo puberale: valutazione ecografica

V. Bruni, M. Dei, J. Nori, A. Verni

2001/5 — pag. 315-318

The use of ultrasound can improve the clinical assessment of puberal development. Breast development is assessed together with uterine, endometrial and ovarian development. This joint evaluation shows the existence of important differences across i...