Epidermal inclusion cysts of the clitoris as a complication of female circumcision and pharaonic infibulation. 1995

M G Hanly, and V J Ojeda
Department of Laboratory Medicine, North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Female circumcision and pharaonic infibulation is still performed on young females in many parts of the world. It is estimated that two thousand young women living in Britain undergo this ritual every year. The most common complication of this procedure is epidermal inclusion cysts within the infibulation cicatrix. We report the clinical and pathological findings in 10 cases of clitorial inclusion cysts seen at the North West Armed Forbes Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia between 1989 and 1993. The clinical diagnosis in six cases was that of "clitoral tumor". Two patients presented with complaints of localized pain, one patient presented with dyspareunia and one patient presented with the complaint of a sporadic discharge of white fluid from the circumcision scar. The pathological findings were those of an implantation dermoid in all cases except in two patients where cysts had ruptured and had become inflamed and/or infected. Four cysts were multilocular.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002944 Circumcision, Male Excision of the prepuce of the penis (FORESKIN) or part of it. Male Circumcision,Circumcisions, Male,Male Circumcisions
D002987 Clitoris An erectile structure homologous with the penis, situated beneath the anterior labial commissure, partially hidden between the anterior ends of the labia minora.
D003560 Cysts Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues. Cyst
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014845 Vulvar Diseases Pathological processes of the VULVA. Disease, Vulvar,Diseases, Vulvar,Vulvar Disease

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