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Transverse vaginal septum presenting as secondary amenorrhoea: a rare clinical presentation
  1. Garima Yadav1,
  2. Neha Agrawal1,
  3. Sureka Binit2 and
  4. Pratibha Singh1
  1. 1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
  2. 2Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Neha Agrawal; dr.nehaagrawal08{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Transverse vaginal septum is one of the variants of Mullerian duct anomaly, caused as a result of defective fusion or recanalisation of vaginal and Mullerian organs. At an early age, it commonly presents as primary amenorrhea along with cyclical abdominal pain while later on usually it presents as dyspareunia and infertility. Our 22-year-old patient presented with secondary amenorrhea. It is very unusual for a transverse vaginal septum to cause secondary amenorrhea. MRI and clinical examination raised the suspicion of transverse vaginal septum causing secondary amenorrhea. She attained regular menstrual cycle after septum excision. The proposed theory behind it is obliteration of microperforated transverse vaginal septum because of menstrual blood and cell debris. Thus, a rare possibility of transverse vaginal septum should also be considered as a differential diagnosis of secondary amenorrhea.

  • reproductive medicine
  • radiology
  • vulvovaginal disorders

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  • Contributors GY had planned conception, design and analysed case report. NA had planned and written the report. SB provided with the images and editing of the report. PS had critically analysed and also acquisited the data.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.