Large inclusion cyst complicating female genital mutilation (2011)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding III FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Aziem-AbdAllah-Ali,Abdel,Abdalla Ali Mohammed,and Awadia Khojali Mohammed Ali
FGM/C Type(s): III
Health area of focus: Gynaecological.
Objective: To raise the awareness of the medical community to the dangers that arise from a common remote complication of FGM.
Study Population: a case of an inclusion cyst,resulting from female genital mutilation (FGM),which enlarged to such a degree that it restricted the patient’s movement
Findings: The development of inclusion cyst along the line of the scar is a remote complication of FGM. These result from the embedding and proliferation of keratinized epidermal cells of hair follicles and sebaceous glands within a circumscribed space of the dermis in the stitched area. This is likely to occur during reinfibulation,which is a secondary form of FGM performed on women who have undergone deinfibulation (being cut open) to allow childbirth. These cysts grow slowly,usually without symptoms,may become infected causing pain and discomfort. They may grow to a size that causes coital difficulty but rarely reach a size that restricts movement,as in the case of study (this case)
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Africa
Country(ies):Sudan