Vaginal septum

Classification according to ICD-10
Q52.1	Vagina duplex Vagina septa
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Vaginal septum (from Latin vagina "sheath" and septum "partition") or Latin vagina duplex is a congenital anatomical malformation of the vagina . A distinction is made between longitudinal (longitudinally oriented) and vertical (transverse to the vaginal opening) vaginal septa. In particular, the longitudinal septum - it can sometimes extend over the entire length of the vagina to the vaginal opening ( introitus ) - is in most cases without symptoms.

A vaginal septum only becomes noticeable when the young woman reaches sexual maturity. Possible signs include difficulty inserting a tampon , pain, and mechanical problems during intercourse . Difficult birth has also been described.

Web links

University of Erlangen. (PDF; 675 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 26, 2007 ; Retrieved September 26, 2015 .

Individual evidence

↑ Von Lukowicz (resident physician at the Breslau University Women's Clinic): On the case history of the vagina duplex as an obstacle to birth. In: Centralblatt für Gynäkologie. Volume 10, No. 35, August 28, 1886, p. 572.

[1] Von Lukowicz (resident physician at the Breslau University Women's Clinic): On the case history of the vagina duplex as an obstacle to birth. In: Centralblatt für Gynäkologie. Volume 10, No. 35, August 28, 1886, p. 572.