The Missing "Bratz" Doll: A Case of Vaginal Foreign Body : Pediatric Emergency Care

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The Missing "Bratz" Doll

A Case of Vaginal Foreign Body

Someshwar, Jean MD*; Lutfi, Riad MD†; Nield, Linda S. MD*

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Pediatric Emergency Care 23(12):p 897-898, December 2007. | DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31815c9dd2

Abstract

Young female patients with gynecologic complaints, including vaginal discharge, commonly seek care in the emergency department. Prepubertal vaginal discharges have various potential etiologies including nonspecific vulvovaginitis, infections, inflammatory or dermatologic processes, precocious puberty, malignancy, anatomical anomaly, trauma, sexual abuse, and foreign body. We present the case of a 4-year-old girl with vaginal odor and discharge secondary to a foreign body. The foreign body was part of a toy, the lower half of the patient's missing "Bratz" (MGA Entertainment) doll. Although it is well known that a vaginal foreign body can cause a vaginal discharge, the unusual nature of the foreign body in this case and the revealing radiograph made this a case of particular interest.

© 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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