A Case of Imperforate Hymen with Acute Urinary Retention

Choi, Lim; Cho, Sea-Eun; Yim, Hyung-Eun; Yoo, Kee-Hwan; Hong, Young-Sook; Lee, Joo-Won

doi:2011.15.1.86

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol > Volume 15(1); 2011 > Article

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol 2011;15(1): 86-89. doi: https://doi.org/10.3339/jkspn.2011.15.1.86

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¹고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
²고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
³고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
⁴고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
⁵고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
⁶고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실

A Case of Imperforate Hymen with Acute Urinary Retention

Lim Choi, Sea-Eun Cho, Hyung-Eun Yim, Kee-Hwan Yoo, Young-Sook Hong, Joo-Won Lee

¹Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University
²Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University
³Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University
⁴Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University
⁵Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University
⁶Department of Pediatrics, Guro Hospital, Korea University

Received: March 19, 2011; Accepted: April 20, 2011.

ABSTRACT

Imperforate hymen is, with an incidence of 0.1%, a rare female anomaly, which can appear with symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, primary amenorrhea, dysuria, anuria, caused by retention of menstrual blood after the onset of menstruation. Generally urinary retention is caused by psychological conditions, drug effect, infection or congenital anomaly causing acute urinary obstruction. We experienced a patient with symptoms of acute urinary retention, suggesting acute urinary obstruction. The cause for the retention turned out to be an imperforated hymen, which should therefore be mentioned in the literature as a possible cause in cases suspected of urinary retention.

Key words: Imperforate hymen | Acute urinary retention