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Published on: September 11, 2018
A successful pediatric case of vaginal foreign body detection on transabdominal ultrasonography
Kazutaka Nishiyama1, Shogo Horikawa1, Yusuke Ono1
1Department of Pediatrics Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata hospital Kitakyushu Japan.
Abstract:
Vaginal foreign bodies usually present with bleeding and foul-smelling discharge. It is often difficult to detect and identify vaginal foreign bodies in pediatric cases without any symptoms. Therefore, detection of vaginal foreign bodies using noninvasive methods, like transabdominal ultrasonography, is important in pediatric patients.
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