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Case Reports
. 2015 May;31(5):363-4.
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000341.

Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome of the hypertrophic clitoris in a 6-year-old girl

Mesut Parlak  1 , Ali Erdal Karakaya
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Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome of the hypertrophic clitoris in a 6-year-old girl

Mesut Parlak et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 May.

Abstract

Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is defined as the ischemic strangulation of hair resulting in edema and severe pain and may cause amputation of organs. Strangulation of the external genitalia (clitoris, labia minora) has rarely been described in girls. Here, we present a case of hypertrophic clitoris injury secondary to hair strangulation in a 6-year-old girl.

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