ArticleCureus2022
Vaginal Foreign Body Forgotten for 20 Years in a Postmenopausal Female: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vaginal foreign body for contraceptive purposes resulting in vesicovaginal fistula in an unmarried nulliparous woman: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
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- Unusual Case of Cervical Tissue Penetration by a Wool-Like Foreign Body Inserted for Male Child Conception.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
- Thirteen Foreign Bodies Retained in the Vagina for More Than 20 Years in a Postmenopausal Woman: Case Report.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- A Foreign Body as a Gynaecological and Sexological Issue-Case Study and Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Here, we present a case of a 70-year-old female, menopausal for 20 years, who came to our outpatient department with complaints of recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) and foul-smelling vaginal discharge. She also had occasional abdominal pain and experienced social stigma due to the foul smell. No history of fever or bleeding per vaginum and no obvious vulval/cervicovaginal growth or uterovaginal prolapse was found. Per speculum and per vaginal examinations were carried out. On examination, a foreign body of approximately 10 × 10 cm was found free in the atrophic vaginal canal. She gave a history of insertion 20 years back, as treatment of prolapse, by some quack. The foreign body was removed, and no trauma occurred during the process of removal. She was then managed conservatively with antibiotics and supportive treatment. In the modern era, instead of ring pessary, the use of plastic balls or some fruit as a non-pharmacologic treatment of prolapse is unheard of. Our case draws attention that every gynecologist should be aware of the entity and have knowledge about its extraction, to give better care to menopausal females.
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