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An 8-day-old female neonate presented with complaints of abdominal distension for 4 days
Mucoid material was aspirated with needle from bulge area followed by cruciate incision and decompression with drainage of 200 ml mucoid material stat
Hydrometrocolpos in neonates occurs secondary to penting-up of secretions against vaginal outflow obstruction. It may be a manifestation of various etiological factors such as persistent cloaca, urogenital sinus, vaginal septum or atresia, and imperforate hymen
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An 8-day-old female neonate presented with complaints of abdominal distension for 4 days. Normal vaginal delivered at home by untrained birth attendant and cried immediately after birth. The baby was hemodynamically stable and a large palpable abdominal, occupying suprapubic region, umbilicus, right iliac, lumbar, and extending to the right hypochondrium, was felt.
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