Traumatic Vulvar Epithelial Inclusion Cysts Following Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

ABSTRACT: Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) occurs mainly in Africa, parts of the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Asia. It is commonly associated with acute complications as well as diverse late/delayed complications. One of the most common of these late complications is progressively enlarging painless cysts of the vulva. Case Report: An 8-year-old girl from Eritrea presented to our paediatric emergency department with a progressively enlarging mass of the vulva. She had undergone a clitoridectomy and partial removal of the labia minora as an infant in Eritrea. We performed surgical excision of the cyst and reconstruction of the labia. Histology showed a traumatic squamous epithelial inclusion cyst of the vulva. Conclusion: Epithelial or dermoid cysts of the vulva foll

SUBMITTER: Mack-Detlefsen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4596697 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature