Jennifer E. Dietrich

BACKGROUND: Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) emerged to bridge gaps between pediatrics and adult gynecology, while pediatric surgeons currently provide most operative gynecologic care for young patients. The goal of this survey was…

INTRODUCTION: There are several well-described presentations of uterine didelphys (UD): UD without vaginal septum, UD with non-obstructed longitudinal vaginal septum, or UD with duplicated vaginas and an obstructed hemivagina on one side wi…

BACKGROUND: Early management for adnexal torsion increases likelihood of ovarian/tubal salvage. The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses delays from symptom-onset to intervention. The primary objective was to evaluate rates…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The prevalence, clinical features, and management of gynecologic bleeding complications and health care provider awareness of these in postmenarchal adolescents receiving antithrombotic medications has rarely been addressed…

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether pathogenic copy number changes (CNCs) can be identified in deoxyribonucleic acid from females with different classes of müllerian anomalies. DESIGN: We conducted array-based copy number variant (CNV) analysis …

Ovarian cancer is the most common pediatric gynecologic malignancy. When diagnosed in children, ovarian cancers present unique challenges that differ dramatically from those faced by adults. Here, we review the spectrum of ovarian cancers f…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Our objectives were to review norethindrone use in an adolescent population in a tertiary care center and to assess the effectiveness of the norethindrone taper in the management of acute heavy menstrual bleeding in adolesc…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Limited evidence is available on the diagnosis and management of adenomyosis in adolescents. This review highlights the postulated pathophysiologic mechanisms, the prevalence of the condition among adult women and new rep…

BACKGROUND: This report presents a rare cause of dysmenorrhea in the adolescent female and the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with T2 weighted sequence in the identification of adenomyosis. CASE: Two adolescents who present…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate that adenomyosis is a rare cause of dysmenorrhea or chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in the adolescent population that can be identified with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to report resolution of adenomyosis …