The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics (Dec 2019)

Spontaneously resolved uterine prolapse in a neonate with spina bifida

  • Hacer Yapıcıoğlu Yıldızdaş,
  • Ümit Ece,
  • Gülseren Bilen Yurdakul,
  • Eda Kolağasıgil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2019.06.026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 6

Abstract

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Neonatal uterine prolapse is rare and mostly due to spina bifida. It is probably due to abnormal innervation of levator ani and subsequent atrophy of the muscle in patients with spina bifida. Here we report a newborn patient with uterine prolapse after meningomyelocele operation. Foley catheter was used to manage uterine prolapse, however rectal prolapse occurred and catheter was pulled out. She was followed in an outpatient clinic without any management. She is now seven months old and had no uterine prolapse since the age of two months.

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