Objectives: To determine prepubertal girls’ gynecologic pathologies by using vaginoscope for diagnosis. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology Service, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru. Participants: Prepubertal girls. Interventions: During the period 2000-2007, 32 prepubertal girls were subjected to vaginoscopy for diagnosis or treatment of gynecological diseases. Main outcome measures: Correlation of vaginoscopy and gynecologic pathologies. Results: Most frequent gynecologic pathologies were chronic vulvovaginitis in 23 cases (71,9%), vaginal bleeding in 3 cases (9,4%), rectovaginal fistula in 2 (6,3%), child abuse, tumor vaginal, cervical dysplasia and low placed cloaca. Postoperative diagnoses were chronic vulvovaginitis (40,6%), vaginitis and cervicitis (34,4%), vaginal septum and rectovaginal fistula, vulvovaginitis and sequel ...

Objectives: To determine prepubertal girls’ gynecologic pathologies by using vaginoscope for diagnosis. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology Service, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru. Participants: Prepubertal girls. Interventions: During the period 2000-2007, 32 prepubertal girls were subjected to vaginoscopy for diagnosis or treatment of gynecological diseases. Main outcome measures: Correlation of vaginoscopy and gynecologic pathologies. Results: Most frequent gynecologic pathologies were chronic vulvovaginitis in 23 cases (71,9%), vaginal bleeding in 3 cases (9,4%), rectovaginal fistula in 2 (6,3%), child abuse, tumor vaginal, cervical dysplasia and low placed cloaca. Postoperative diagnoses were chronic vulvovaginitis (40,6%), vaginitis and cervicitis (34,4%), vaginal septum and rectovaginal fistula, vulvovaginitis and sequel ...