Hymeneal atresia

Classification according to ICD-10
Q52.3	Hymeneal atresia
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

In medicine, hymenal atresia (Atresia hymenalis) is a congenital malformation of the hymen in which the vagina is completely closed by the hymen. It is therefore a form of gynatresia in which cavities or ducts of the internal female genital organs are closed by inhibition malformations .

The consequence of this occlusion is a symptom-free hydrocolpos with fluid accumulation in the vagina or hydrometrocolpos with fluid accumulation also in the uterus in newborns . This fluid consists of secretions from the maternal vaginal mucosa, which is hormonally stimulated.

With menarche , the first occurrence of menstrual bleeding in puberty , a hematocolpos occurs with a build-up of menstrual blood in the vagina or a hematometra (hematocolpos) with build-up also in the uterus. In these cases, the hymen is opened surgically.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Keyword "Hymenal atresia" in Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality. de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , p. 564.
2. ^ Keyword "Gynatresie" in Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality. de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , p. 193.
3. ↑ Marcel Bettex (ed.), Max Grob (conception), D. Berger (arrangement), N. Genton, M. Stockmann: Pediatric Surgery. Diagnostics, indication, therapy, prognosis. 2nd, revised edition, Thieme, Stuttgart / New York 1982, ISBN 3-13-338102-4 , pp. 8.218f.

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