IMPERFORATE HYMEN

Course overview

WHEN THE HYMEN, A THIN MEMBRANE OF STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM CIRCUMSCRIBING THE VAGINAL INTROITUS, DOES NOT SPONTANEOUSLY RUPTURE DURING NEONATAL DEVELOPMENT, IT IS REFERRED TO AS AN IMPERFORATE HYMEN. AN IMPERFORATE HYMEN CAN PRESENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SYMPTOMS OF THE FEMALE GENITAL AND URINARY TRACT DURING THE PERINATAL, PEDIATRIC, OR ADOLESCENT YEARS AND IS A RARE CAUSE OF PRIMARY AMENORRHEA. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF IMPERFORATE HYMEN AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.