Chronic granulomatous inflammation of the vulva: an unusual presentation with diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.

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：:Mesenchymal lesions of the vulva may be either regionally specific to the vulva or soft tissue neoplasms that can occur in multiple locations on the body. They may have overlapping histological and immunohistochemical features and, in routine practice, are not likely to be encountered, adding to the diagnostic difficu...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Fitzhugh VA,Heller DS

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To report the outcome of patients diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2, 3 (CIN 2, 3) during pregnancy, who were treated by large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) in the first trimester or were followed up conservatively and treated after delivery. METHODS:Patients diagnosed wi...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Siegler E,Amit A,Lavie O,Auslender R,Mackuli L,Weissman A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:To systematically evaluate the literature regarding vulvodynia treatment outcome measures. METHODS:A systematic literature search on OVID, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases was conducted from inception until May 2016. Studies were included/excluded based on prespecified criteria. Reported outcome ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Sadownik LA,Yong PJ,Smith KB

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the clinicopathologic features of a rare disease of pagetoid urothelial intraepithelial neoplasia (PUIN) in the vulva. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed a case of PUIN in a Chinese woman with a long history of bladder urothelial carcinoma. RESULTS:The patient presented with vulvar pruritus for more...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Lu B,Liang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic vulvar pruritus and vulvodynia are common vulvar diseases. The aim of this study was to compare gynecologic and sexual and physical abuse histories from patients with these diagnoses and from healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Questionnaires were self-completed by patients diagnosed with vulvar ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Cohen-Sacher B,Haefner HK,Dalton VK,Berger MB

更新日期：2015-07-01 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:To evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of direct visual inspection after Lugol iodine painting in detecting cervical premalignant and malignant lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study included 1,012 women recruited from gynecology outpatient clinic screened for premalignant or malignant lesions of the ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： El-Shalakany AH,Saeed MM,Abdel-Aal MR,El-Nakeeb AH,Noseirat N,Ayyad SB,El Din ZS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obese women have higher cervical cancer incidence and mortality than their counterparts, possibly related to nonadherence to screening recommendations. We assessed the association of body mass index with adherence to cervical cancer screening recommendations in Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico, a minority...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Pérez CM,González-Barrios D,Ramos-Cartagena JM,Ortiz AP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) clinically and histologically mimics squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), specifically in patients with HIV and AIDS. CASE:A 51-year-old G3P2 with AIDS and history of vulvar cancer presented with large bilateral exophytic lesions on the vulva, grossly appearing neoplastic. ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Frimer M,Chudnoff S,Hebert T,Shahabi S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide management guidelines according to Pap test specimen adequacy based on literature review and expert opinion. METHODS:A task force named by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology conducted a literature review and discussed appropriate management. The steering committee of the A...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Davey DD,Austin RM,Birdsong G,Buck HW,Cox JT,Darragh TM,Elgert PA,Hanson V,Henry MR,Waldman J

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Cavernous hemangiomas of the cervix are extremely rare, benign lesions. To date, fewer than 50 cases have been reported. Here reported is a case of cavernous hemangioma of the cervix in a 53-year-old patient with the complaint of postcoital spotting. Most of these lesions are asymptomatic incidental findings, but some...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Ozyer S,Uzunlar O,Gocmen M,Bal S,Srvan L,Mollamahmutoğlu L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to study the associations between localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) and several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1), nerve growth factor (NGF), and the heparanase (HPSE) genes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Prevalence of SNPs ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Kalfon L,Azran A,Farajun Y,Golan-Hamu O,Toben A,Abramov L,Yeshaya A,Yakir O,Zarfati D,Falik Zaccai TC,Bornstein J

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Colposcopy Standards address the role of and approach to colposcopy and biopsy for cervical cancer prevention in the United States. Working Group 1 was tasked with defining the role of colposcopy, describing benefits and potential harms, and developi...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Khan MJ,Werner CL,Darragh TM,Guido RS,Mathews C,Moscicki AB,Mitchell MM,Schiffman M,Wentzensen N,Massad LS,Mayeaux EJ Jr,Waxman AG,Conageski C,Einstein MH,Huh WK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of collecting the Affirm VP-III test sample using the residual vaginal discharge found on the speculum. METHODS AND METHODS:One hundred nine symptomatic women (≥18 y) participated in this study. During pelvic examination, vaginal fluid was collected onto 3 swabs for office-based diagn...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Mulhem E,Boyanton BL Jr,Robinson-Dunn B,Ebert C,Dzebo R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a methodology for auditing the impact of HCII testing on the direct cost of cervical cancer cytological screening, where the test is collected in all women screened and processed routinely in women age 30 years and older. MATERIALS AND METHODS:After a policy chang...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Lonky NM,Hunter MI,Sadeghi M,Edwards G,Bajamundi K,Monk BJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Massive localized lymphedema (MLL) is a recently described entity associated with obesity, most often on the thighs. It rarely occurs on the vulva, and it may pose diagnostic difficulty for both clinician and pathologist in this setting. CASE:An obese 55-year-old woman underwent excision of bilateral polypo...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Heller DS,Fitzhugh VA,Cracchiolo B,Barrett T Jr,Suidan RS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine guidelines for management of CIN1 by evaluating its natural history. METHODS:One hundred fifty-eight patients were diagnosed with CIN1 had colposcopy follow-up with or without cytology every three months. RESULTS:Colposcopically directed biopsy confirmed progression to CIN2 or CIN3 in 17 of 158...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Saw HS,Lee JK,Lee HL,Jee HJ,Hyun JJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In women with negative cervical cytology and positive high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) test results, we compared the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (CIN 3) or cancer (CIN 3+) in women with previous abnormal cervical cytology, CIN, or HR-HPV with that in women without this history, and we ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Pretorius RG,Belinson JL,Peterson P,Azizi F,Lo A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy-related vulvar fibroadenoma of ectopic breast tissue is rare. Management involves diagnosing the mass as a fibroadenoma by physical examination and delaying excision until the postpartum period. CASE:A 31-year-old multigravid woman at 29 weeks' gestation had a right labial mass that was increasing...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Xanos ET,Kennedy DA,Grosen EA

更新日期：1997-07-01 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:: This study aimed to explore the role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in susceptibility to vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in a private vulval disease referral practice. METHODS:: Between January 2009 and December 2010, 149 healthy, nondiabetic patients with vulvar conditions were compared for significa...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Fischer G,Bradford J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given the high prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2/3 among HIV-infected women, we sought to examine the relationship between CIN 2/3 and HIV-1 genital shedding among women on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Paired plasma and cervical wick specime...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Huchko MJ,Woo V,Liegler T,Leddy A,Smith-McCune K,Sawaya GF,Bukusi EA,Cohen CR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or greater in high-risk, racially diverse, young women with low-grade cytology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:After institutional review board approval, a cross-sectional study of 21- to 24-year-old women with low-grade cytolog...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Daily LR,Erickson BK,Pasko DN,Straughn JM Jr,Huh WK,Leath CA 3rd

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to quantify personal stories about cervical cancer and to determine the proportion and sentiment (positive vs negative) of messages ("tweets") that discussed cervical cancer prevention strategies on Twitter. METHODS:This study was a cross-sectional Twitter review of English...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Teoh D,Shaikh R,Vogel RI,Zoellner T,Carson L,Kulasingam S,Lou E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Determine the extent of endocervical canal extension of the transformation zone on fresh hysterectomy specimens. MATERIALS AND METHODS:After removal for standard gynecologic indications, 201 uteri were evaluated in the pathology accessioning area of a community hospital before formalin fixation. Uteri were o...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Parker MF,O'Connor DM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare digital camera assessment of the reproductive tract (DART) to colposcopy for the evaluation of abnormal Pap smears. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Participants included 207 women with abnormal Pap smears. Colposcopy and DART were performed on each patient by separate examiners with the goa...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Cremer ML,Peralta EI,Dheming SG,Jimenez ME,Davis-Dao CA,Alonzo TA,Blumenthal PD,Felix JC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00