TY - JOUR
T1 - Symptomatic Neovaginal Candidiasis in Transgender Women After Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty
T2 - A Clinical Case Series of Five Consecutive Patients
AU - de Haseth, Kristin B.
AU - Buncamper, Marlon E.
AU - Özer, M. jde
AU - Elfering, Lian
AU - Smit, Jan Maerten
AU - Bouman, Mark-Bram
AU - van der Sluis, Wouter B.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Background: Vaginoplasty is performed as gender-affirming surgery in transgender women. While multiple surgical techniques exist for this goal, penile inversion vaginoplasty is performed most frequently. Neovaginal symptoms may impede sexual functioning after surgery. Methods: A total of five consecutive patients with symptoms and positive swabs for neovaginal candida infection were described. Results: All patients presented with white-colored neovaginal discharge and some with neovaginal itching and/or malodor. All were topically treated with miconazole, which resulted in symptom clearance. Follow-up swabs were negative for candida. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first report on (symptomatic) candidiasis of the penile-inverted neovagina.
AB - Background: Vaginoplasty is performed as gender-affirming surgery in transgender women. While multiple surgical techniques exist for this goal, penile inversion vaginoplasty is performed most frequently. Neovaginal symptoms may impede sexual functioning after surgery. Methods: A total of five consecutive patients with symptoms and positive swabs for neovaginal candida infection were described. Results: All patients presented with white-colored neovaginal discharge and some with neovaginal itching and/or malodor. All were topically treated with miconazole, which resulted in symptom clearance. Follow-up swabs were negative for candida. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first report on (symptomatic) candidiasis of the penile-inverted neovagina.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862320
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2017.0045
DO - https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2017.0045
M3 - Article
C2 - 29862320
SN - 2380-193X
VL - 3
SP - 105
EP - 108
JO - Transgender health
JF - Transgender health
IS - 1
ER -