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An unusual cause of acute renal failure in a newborn: hydrometrocolpos

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Here we report on an unusual cause of acute renal failure in a newborn: hydrometrocolpos due to imperforate hymen. Hymenotomy resolved all of the laboratory and clinical abnormalities of the patient and the baby was sent home healthy.

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

    Canan Aygun, Olcay Güngör, Birgül Mutlu & Şükrü Küçüködük

  2. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

    Ozan Özkaya

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

    Suat Ayyýldýz

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Kurupelit-Samsun, Turkey

    Birgül Mutlu

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Aygun, C., Özkaya, O., Ayyýldýz, S. et al. An unusual cause of acute renal failure in a newborn: hydrometrocolpos. Pediatr Nephrol 21, 572–573 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-006-0022-9

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