A rare case of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome in small cell carcinoma of the vagina: a case report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the validity of the Papanicolaou smear in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Candida spp. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We determined the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of Pap smears we performed in 824 symptomatic patient...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Audisio T,Pigini T,de Riutort SV,Schindler L,Ozan M,Tocalli C,Bertolotto P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and adverse events of electrofulguration for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial lesion grade 1 (CIN 1). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Women aged 19 years and older received electrofulguration for histologically proven exocervical CIN 1. They were followed up at 3, 6, and ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Roy MC,Mayrand MH,Franco E,Arseneau J,Ferenczy A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Allergic contact dermatitis is an uncommon but important cause of skin disease in the anogenital region. Relevant allergens are described in women and less commonly in men. The aim of this study was to describe outcomes of patch testing in men and women presenting with anogenital dermatoses. MATERIALS AND M...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Cheng HS,Fernández-Peñas P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vulvar vestibule is a common term in the medical nomenclature. In our view, this term is inaccurate. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Herein, we provide evidence from embryologic, anatomic, and architectonic textbooks that shows the links between the vestibule and vagina. RESULTS:Our research proves that the term vul...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Friedman M,Siegler E,Löwenstein L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant condyloma acuminatum is a large, slow-growing, exophytic, cauliflower-like tumor of the external genitalia. It is a histologically benign lesion, largely associated with human papillomavirus infection but with a high recurrence rate. The main differential diagnosis includes verrucous carcinoma. Differentiation b...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Bambao C,Nofech-Mozes S,Shier M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab is being used increasingly for the treatment of B-cell malignancies and nonmalignant conditions. Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis, which can be either idiopathic or associated with underlying systemic inflammatory conditions. We present a series of 4 patients who presented with ulcerati...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Dixit S,Selva-Nayagam P,Hamann I,Fischer G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the collection of vaginal exudates with and without the use of a speculum to diagnose vaginal infections. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We examined 45 patients with vaginal discharge. Two vaginal swabs were taken, one with and the other without a speculum. Both were examined by wet mount microscopy to detect...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Audisio T,Penacino M,Cannistraci R,Bertolotto P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this retrospective clinical study was to evaluate clinical features, histopathology, treatment regimen, and follow-up in 95 patients with genital lichen planus. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed data of 95 women diagnosed with genital lichen planus and visiting the vulvar clinic at...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Santegoets LA,Helmerhorst TJ,van der Meijden WI

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of metronidazole versus no treatment for the empiric treatment of inflammatory cytologic changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with inflammatory changes on Pap smear were serially assigned to receive no treatment or metronidazole by one of three regimens: 2 grams orally as a single...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Webb JC,Wharton GG,Hawley-Bowland C,Carlson JW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old patient with a history of chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with secondary amenorrhea and cyclic abdominal pain, and she was found to have vaginal stenosis due to adhesion of vaginal wall. The cause of the adhesion was considered to be vaginal inflammation induced by anticancer agen...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Sato M,Harada M,Oishi H,Wada-Hiraike O,Hirata T,Nagasaka K,Koga K,Fujii T,Osuga Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Women living with HIV experience higher risk of cervical cancer, but screening rates in the United States are lower than recommended. The purpose of this study was to examine whether an intervention using self-sampling of cervicovaginal cells for human papillomavirus (HPV) with results counseling would increa...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Murphy J,Mark H,Anderson J,Farley J,Allen J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based group cognitive behavior therapy (M-gCBT) versus education support group therapy for the pain and distress associated with provoked localized vulvodynia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Participants were randomized to M-gCBT or education suppor...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Guillet AD,Cirino NH,Hart KD,Leclair CM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to assess clinical and histopathologic characteristics of symptomatic women who underwent a nondiagnostic biopsy of the inner vulva. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Consecutive nondiagnostic biopsies from medial labia minora, posterior fourchette, and vestibule obtained from symptomatic women ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Day T,Knight V,Dyall-Smith D,Dennerstein G,Pagano R,Tran H,Tan Y,Yap D,Weigner J,Scurry J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the recurrence rate of disease in women treated for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (ACIS) by either hysterectomy or conservative surgical management. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred patients with a histopathologic diagnosis of ACIS or glandular dysplasia were identified in a retrospective clinic...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Hwang DM,Lickrish GM,Chapman W,Colgan TJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the performance of the Papanicolaou smear in screening and diagnostic settings. STUDY DESIGN:We analyzed Papanicolaou smear results of 1,850 women recruited into a clinical trial to evaluate an emerging technology for the detection of cervical cancer. Screening and diagnosis groups were based on...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Cárdenas-Turanzas M,Follen M,Nogueras-Gonzalez GM,Benedet JL,Beck JR,Cantor SB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For the 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines, we conducted a systematic review of diagnostic assays for postcolposcopy and posttreatment management. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A literature search was conducted to identify articles reporting on tests/assays for cervical cancer screening, triage, p...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Clarke MA,Unger ER,Zuna R,Nelson E,Darragh TM,Cremer M,Stockdale CK,Einstein MH,Wentzensen N

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies on the development of the embryological and fetal development of the cervix and the vagina are rare and mostly go back to the first decades of the last century. The aims of this review were to present the latest knowledge concerning the developmental origin of cervical and vaginal epithelium and to po...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Reich O,Fritsch H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify the clinicopathologic features and treatment outcome of primary extramammary Paget disease of the vulva (EMPDV). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of 14 patients who were treated at our center from April 1994 to November 2010. RESULTS:The mean ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Nomura H,Matoda M,Okamoto S,Kondo E,Omatsu K,Kato K,Takeshima N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our objective in this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological significance of tissue eosinophilia associated with invasive cervical carcinomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All cases of cervical carcinoma treated at the Medical College of Georgia between October 1982 and October 1989 were reviewed. We obtain...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Merlin M,Hanly MG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors' objective was to determine retrospectively the methods used to follow up atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) on Papanicolaou smears and to evaluate the effectiveness of those methods. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The charts of all patients with AGUS smears obtained between Febr...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Landry MS,Julian TM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to practitioners who care for male patients, with the increased use of high-resolution anoscopy, practitioners who care for women are seeing more men in their practices as well. Some diseases affecting the penis can impact on their sexual partners. Many of the lesions and neoplasms of the penis occur on th...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Heller DS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine whether electronic medical record (EMR)-based tools influence providers' compliance with guidelines for cervical cancer screening in adolescent (<21 y) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three EMR-based tools to educate providers on cervical cancer screening guidelines were impleme...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： White P,Kenton K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to highlight that colposcopic vaginal patterns are not specific, unlike cervical colposcopic patterns, and to provide a simpler classification of vaginal colposcopic patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 223 patients who underwent colposcopy with Schiller test were assessed (hierarchica...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Indraccolo U,Baldoni A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old adolescent girl developed severe toxic epidermal necrolysis after inhalation of methamphetamine. Recovery was complicated by vaginal synechiae and occlusion necessitating surgery. ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Rowan DM,Jones RW,Oakley A,de Silva H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the treatment and follow-up of patients with lichen sclerosus (LS) at the departments of Gynaecology and Dermatology at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, to evaluate the need for a multidisciplinary vulvar clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Treatment and follow-...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： van der Avoort IA,Tiemes DE,van Rossum MM,van der Vleuten CJ,Massuger LF,de Hullu JA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine the clinical significance of the two subgroups of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), designated "favor reactive" and "favor preneoplastic." MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cervical Papanicolaou smears with a diagnosis of ASCUS favor reactive or ASCUS favor preneoplas...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Yang M,Zachariah S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to report 2 cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the vulva, arising from unusual subepithelial locations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The first case was of an 85-year-old woman with a 65-year history of a mass in the left labium majus. The second case was of a 54-year-old woman who presented ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Scurry JP,Yu TT,Otton GR

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Metronidazole vaginal gel (MVG) 0.75% is a US Food and Drug Administration-approved, 5-day treatment for bacterial vaginosis (BV). This study tested the hypothesis that a shorter treatment course at a higher dose (MVG 1.3%) would yield similar efficacy to 5 days of MVG 0.75%. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This phase...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Chavoustie SE,Jacobs M,Reisman HA,Waldbaum AS,Levy SF,Hillier SL,Nyirjesy P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of genital discomfort in women in reproductive ages, which causes many complications. Bacterial vaginosis is usually treated by metronidazole and clindamycin. However, this protocol does not prevent its recurrence, which is a main complaint of the patients. The numbe...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Homayouni A,Bastani P,Ziyadi S,Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S,Ghalibaf M,Mortazavian AM,Mehrabany EV

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:▪ ABSTRACT:: A case of a uterine lipoleiomyoma within an endometrial polyp is presented. Lipoleiomyomas represent a rare, benign gynecological entity that can present as post-menopausal bleeding or pelvic mass. Hysteroscopic appearance, MRI images, and histological images of the polyp are included. The Engl...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Holtz DO,Holland G,Ropp BG,Dunton C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00