Cervical Phimosis

Abstract

Congenital cervical phimosis presenting as an incomplete septum just below the cervix, four examples of which are described, should be kept in mind when cases of dysmenorrhoea or dyspareunia are met with. The condition may also pose difficulties in an occasional case of labour by simulating cervical dystocia. From an analogy of vaginal septa developing from chronic irritation in the vagina during the child-bearing period the probable origin of a congenital type may be presumed to arise from vaginal infection during intrauterine life. This may well be a starting-point for mesodermal proliferation. A simple line of treatment such as bilateral incisions would be useful in most cases. However, cicatrization of some degree may be met with as a result of any attempt to excise the septum. © 1964, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.