| Yazarlar |
Serbülent Kılıç
Türkiye |
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Süleyman Serkan Karaşin
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Child sexual abuse is a public health problem due to both the act itself and its consequences, one of the most serious of which is adolescent pregnancy. Unfortunately, it is difficult to provide evidence of such sexual crimes by forensic gynecologic examinations based on only the visual inspection of genitalia. Moreover, anatomic variations of genitalia can make it quite difficult for a physician to make a diagnosis of rape. A 14-year-old pregnant girl presented at our hospital with the allegation of sexual abuse. Although her pregnancy was obvious due to shape of her abdomen, her hymen was determined to be intact after examination. She was examined in the gynecology department to check on the pregnancy and investigate her health status. Ultrasound imagining revealed that she was 4 months and 3 days pregnant. The goal of this presentation is to draw physicians’ attention to the anatomic variations of the hymen. Our findings indicate that it is not always easy to make a diagnosis of sexual intercourse; the practitioner must take a multidis-ciplinary approach and develop his/her genital examination knowledge and skills. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Adolescent Pregnancy | Child Maltreatment | Child Sexual Abuse | Clinical Forensic Medicine | Forensic Medicine | Forensic Science | Intact Hymen |
| Makale Türü | Diğer (Teknik, not, yorum, vaka takdimi, editöre mektup, özet, kitap krıtiği, araştırma notu, bilirkişi raporu ve benzeri) |
| Makale Alt Türü | SCOPUS dergilerinde yayımlanan teknik not, editöre mektup, tartışma, vaka takdimi ve özet türünden makale |
| Dergi Adı | Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine |
| Dergi ISSN | 1658-6786 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCOPUS |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2022 |
| Cilt No | 4 |
| Sayı | 2 |
| Sayfalar | 127 / 130 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.26735/YMSX6024 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.26735/ymsx6024 |
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