Author(s)

Jasmine Abdulcadir^1*, Emily Manin², Daniela Huber³

¹Department of the Woman, The Child and the Adolescent, Division of Gynecology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
²Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States.
³Division of Gynecology, Sion Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.

Background: Current evidence has focused on the complications of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) types 2 and 3, and there is a gap in the knowledge of the complications of FGM/C types 1 and 4, which are often considered milder forms of cutting. Case Presentation: A 23-year-old Somali woman with FGM/C was referred for chronic clitoral pain and superficial dyspareunia after several inconclusive gynecological examinations. Her clitoris was found to be entrapped under the scar of the cut clitoral hood. We surgically lysed the scar and reconstructed a prepuce. At the two-month follow-up, the patient reported no pain and physiologic sexual response. Conclusion: Clitoral pain and dyspareunia after FGM/C can be due to the incarceration of the clitoral glans. Treatment is surgical lysis of the scar.

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Dyspareunia, Clitorodynia

Abdulcadir, J. , Manin, E. and Huber, D. (2019) Clitoral Pain and Dyspareunia after Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Case Report. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10, 379-385. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2019.107030.