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Shoag Albugami1, Meral F Alzimam2, Abdulaziz K Aldosari3
1General Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Abstract:
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia; usually, it is done by a non-professional practitioner. Here, we present a case of a 12-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes who was found to have a clitoral cyst several years after undergoing FGM (local/traditional circumcision). Unlike many cases that remain unnoticed until adolescence or adulthood, this patient came to medical attention earlier. She underwent elective cyst excision, with preservation of as much of the clitoral remnant as possible. The clitoral cyst was an epidermal inclusion cyst on histopathological examination. The patient was seen in the clinic three weeks after the procedure. She was doing fine with no complaint. Her examination showed a healed, dry, and clean wound, and she was discharged from the clinic.
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