A Rare Cause of Vaginal Discharge in a Pre-Pubertal Girl.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Herle, Koushik; Bal, Harshjeet Singh
- Source
- APSP Journal of Case Reports. 2017, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p5-6. 2p.
- Subject
- *VAGINAL discharge
*ABDOMINAL surgery
*FOREIGN body reaction
- Language
- ISSN
- 2218-8185
Vaginal discharge is not an uncommon gynaecological problem and is most commonly infective in origin. Foreign bodies in vagina are the most common non-infective cause of vaginal discharge. We report a case of 5-year-old girl with button battery in vagina causing walled off collection along with vaginal discharge. Child needed a laparotomy due to the dense synechiae caused by the battery leak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]