S. Balci et al., BRIEF CLINICAL REPORT - ROBINOW-SYNDROME, VAGINAL ATRESIA, HEMATOCOLPOS, AND EXTRA MIDDLE FINGER, American journal of medical genetics, 79(1), 1998, pp. 27-29
A 14-year-old girl with Robinow syndrome was admitted with severe abdo
minal pain that had recurred periodically during the last 6 months. Sh
e had been followed by us since age 2 months and she had not experienc
ed menarche yet; hematocolpos related to vaginal atresia was diagnosed
. She underwent vaginoplasty with cervical construction. Genital syste
m abnormalities are common in Robinow syndrome, but this kind of malfo
rmation has not been reported previously. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.