Vulvar complaints in young girls need instant professional evaluation
Sjöberg, I.; Bengtsson, B.; Jönsson, B.; Nylander-Lundquist, E.
Lakartidningen 95(47): 5344; 5347-5348
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-7205 PMID: 9855736 Document Number: 493599
As vulvovaginal disease are nog very common in prepubescent girls, it may seem reasonable to suspect sexual abuse when a small girl presents with complaints in the genital area. However, the very fact that there are visible changes suggests that it is no a case of sexual abuse, the signs of which are usually more subtle. To arrive at a correct diagnosis, and avoid unnecessary, traumatic investigation into the possibility of sexual abuse, it is essential that such patients be examined from the outset by physicians experienced in this field.