Labial fusion: A rare cause of urinary retention in reproductive age woman and review of literature.

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FREETurk J Urol. 2017 Mar;43(1):98-101. doi: 10.5152/tud.2017.58897. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Labial fusion: A rare cause of urinary retention in reproductive age woman and review of literature.

Erdoğdu E, Demirel C, Tahaoğlu AE, Özdemir A.

ABSTRACT

Labial fusion usually affects prepubertal girls and postmenopausal women, it may  rarely occurs in reproductive years in the absence of predisposing factors such as vulvar infections, dermatitis, trauma, female circumcision and lichen sclerosis. Should be considered in differential diagnosis in the differential diagnosis of urinary retention even if the patient doesn’t have history of sexual intercourse.

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