Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome of the hypertrophic clitoris in a 6-year-old girl

Parlak M., Karakaya A. E.

Pediatric Emergency Care, vol.31, no.5, pp.363-364, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/pec.0000000000000341
  • Journal Name: Pediatric Emergency Care
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.363-364
  • Keywords: Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome, Hypertrophic clitoris
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is defined as the ischemic strangulation of hair resulting in edema and severe pain and may cause amputation of organs. Strangulation of the external genitalia (clitoris, labia minora) has rarely been described in girls. Here, we present a case of hypertrophic clitoris injury secondary to hair strangulation in a 6-year-old girl.