Home About us Editorial board Search Ahead of print Current issue Archives Submit article Instructions Subscribe Contacts Login 
CASE REPORT
Year : 2022  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 131-133

Epidermal inclusion cysts of the clitoris following female genital mutilation: Case series and review of literature

Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu1, Emmanuel Owie2, Joseph Ayodeji Olamijulo3, Ugochi Chinenye Okorafor4, Chinenye Cynthia Odo5, AC Okoro1
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital; College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 12003, Surulere, Lagos
Nigeria
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/njecp.njecp_20_22

Rights and Permissions

We present two cases of inclusion cysts of the clitoris following female genital mutilation (FGM) in a 5 and 35 years old, respectively. According to the World Health Organization, FGM is a violation of the rights of women and girl child. It is even more worrisome as evidence exists suggesting more involvement of health-care personnels in this act. The recent belief in some cultures that there may be decreased risk of complications following medicalization of the procedure may be untrue. The patients had an uneventful postoperative period and were discharged home afterward.


[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
Print this article     Email this article
 Next article
 Previous article
 Table of Contents

 Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
 Related articles
 Citation Manager
 Access Statistics
 Reader Comments
 Email Alert *
 Add to My List *
 * Requires registration (Free)
 

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed517    
    Printed46    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded54    
    Comments [Add]    

Recommend this journal

 

Sitemap | What's New | Feedback | Disclaimer | Privacy Notice
© Nigerian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Biosciences | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Online since 12 July, 2013