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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov 14;18(1):539.
doi: 10.1186/s13256-024-04853-0.

Two cases of postpartum vaginal stenosis: a case report

Abraham Fessehaye Sium  1 , Finot Gashu Adane  2 , Mechal Alemu Dembel  2 , Amani Nureddin Abdu  2 , Genet Gebremedhin  2
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Two cases of postpartum vaginal stenosis: a case report

Abraham Fessehaye Sium et al. J Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Background: Although vaginal stenosis following pelvic or vaginal radiotherapy for cancer treatment is a common complication, postpartum vaginal stenosis is a very rare obstetric complication. We report two cases of postpartum vaginal stenosis.

Case presentation: The first was case was a 30-year-old para-I Ethiopian woman who presented with a history of foul-smelling vaginal discharge on her 11th postpartum day. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a 1.4 cm distal vaginal stenosis. The second case was a 39-years-old para-II Ethiopian woman who presented with history of amenorrhea and dysparunia of 20 months duration. Abdominopelvic ultrasound examination revealed hematometrocolpos secondary to postinflammatory vaginal stenosis, and 3300 ml of hematocolpometra was drained. In both cases, adhesion excision with successful vaginal reconstruction was performed.

Conclusion: Postpartum vaginal stenosis is a rare obstetric complication and vaginal adhesions excision with regular vaginal dilation is the recommended management for it.

Keywords: Episiotomy; Postpartum vaginal stenosis; Vaginal delivery; Vaginal dilation; Vaginal stenosis.

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Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate Not applicable. Consent for publication Written informed consent was obtained from both patients for publication of this case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Competing interests The authors have no competing interest.

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