Helena Gomes, Bruna Abreu, Liliana Barros, Carlos Veríssimo
INTRODUCTION: Abnormal uterine bleeding is more frequent in adolescence. Although, most commonly, it has a non-structural etiology, it may be due to any cause described. CLINICAL CASE: A 12-year-old adolescent, with no relevant personal history, menarche 1 month before, was observed in the emergency department for severe menstrual bleeding with progressive worsening, and hemodynamic repercussion in need of transfusion support. Physiological ovulatory dysfunction associated with possible previously unknown coagulopathy was considered to be the most likely diagnosis and medical treatment was initiated...
October 2021: Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia