Clitoral Pain and Dyspareunia after Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Case Report

• 作者: Daniela Huber Emily Manin Jasmine Abdulcadir
• 来源期刊: 临床医学国际期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: FEMALE GENITAL Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) DYSPAREUNIA Clitorodynia
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（7）
• 页码范围: 379-385
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Background: Current evidence has focused on the complications of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) types 2 and 3, and there is a gap in the knowledge of the complications of FGM/C types 1 and 4, which are often considered milder forms of cutting. Case Presentation: A 23-year-old Somali woman with FGM/C was referred for chronic clitoral pain and superficial dyspareunia after several inconclusive gynecological examinations. Her clitoris was found to be entrapped under the scar of the cut clitoral hood. We surgically lysed the scar and reconstructed a prepuce. At the two-month follow-up, the patient reported no pain and physiologic sexual response. Conclusion: Clitoral pain and dyspareunia after FGM/C can be due to the incarceration of the clitoral glans. Treatment is surgical lysis of the scar.