Médecine thérapeutique / Pédiatrie
MENUDysmenorrhea and menorrhagia of teenage girls Volume 21, issue 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2018
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Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service d’endocrinologie-diabétologie et gynécologie pédiatrique, Centre de référence de pathologies gynécologiques rares, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15
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- Key words: primary dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, heavy menstrual bleeding, inherited bleeding disorders, adolescents
- DOI : 10.1684/mtp.2018.0673
- Page(s) : 89-95
- Published in: 2018
Menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea are common and are a frequent reason for consulting teenage girls. The 2 are essentially functional (>80-90% of cases). However, dysmenorrhea is usually primary. But in case of failure of first line treatments and/or others symptoms, organic pathologies, particularly endometriosis should be sought. In the same way, menorrhagia may reveal bleeding disorders inherited or not, or even more rarely an organic pathology. In both cases, management will be guided by the etiology and the severity of the symptoms.
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