Clitoral keloids after female genital mutilation/cutting
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Authors
Birge, Özer
Akbaş, Murat
Özbey, Ertuğrul Gazi
Adıyeke, Mehmet
Issue Date
2016-09-15
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Female Genital Mutilation , Infibulation , Circumcision , Keloids , Vulvar Mass
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Abstract
We aimed to describe the presentation of long-term complications of female genital mutilation/cutting and the surgical management of clitoral keloids secondary to female genital mutilation/cutting. Twenty-seven women who underwent surgery because of clitoral keloid between May 2014 and September 2015 in Sudan Nyala Turkish Hospital were evaluated in this retrospective descriptive case series study. The prevalence of type 1, type 2, and type 3 female genital mutilation/cutting were 3.7%, 22.2%, and 74.1%, respectively (type 1: 1/27, type 2: 6/27, and type 3: 20/27). All patients had long-term health problems (dysuria, chronic pelvic pain, vaginal discharge, and chronic pruritus) and sexual dysfunction. Keloids were removed by surgical excision. There were no postoperative complications in any patient. Although clitoral keloid lesions can be seen after any type of female genital mutilation/cutting, they usually develop after type 3 female genital mutilation/cutting. Most of these keloids were noticed after menarche. Keloids can be removed by surgical excision and this procedure can alleviate some long-term morbidities of female genital mutilation/cutting.
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Citation
Birge, Ö., Akbaş, M., Özbey, E. G., & Adıyeke, M. (2016). Clitoral keloids after female genital mutilation/cutting. Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 13(3), 154–157. https://doi.org/10.4274/tjod.32067
Publisher
Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology