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: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: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:This study explores the prevalence and provider- and practice-related correlates of physician recommendation and administration of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, to 11- to 12-year-old girls and the intention to recommend the HPV vaccine to 11- to 12-year-old boys in Georgia. Th...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Luque JS,Tarasenko YN,Dixon BT,Vogel RL,Tedders SH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to provide information about the molecular epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a group of Cuban women. MATERIALS AND METHODS:DNA from cervical samples was analyzed using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which detects 6 of the clinically most relevant high-r...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Soto Y,Torres G,Kourí V,Limia CM,Goicolea A,Capó V,Pérez L,de la Torre AI,López LX,Govín A,Correa CB,Alemán Y,Alvarez AA,Manzano BR

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：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 estimate the frequency of abnormal Pap and human papillomavirus (HPV) positivity among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and -seronegative women who have sex with women (WSW). METHODS:Pap and HPV DNA polymerase chain reaction tests were obtained every 6 months from women in a US cohort of HI...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Massad LS,Xie X,Minkoff H,Darragh TM,D'Souza G,Sanchez-Keeland L,Watts DH,Colie C,Strickler HD

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to conduct a representative survey of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and its genotype distribution in invasive anal cancer specimens in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Population-based archival anal cancer specimens were identified from Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Michi...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Steinau M,Unger ER,Hernandez BY,Goodman MT,Copeland G,Hopenhayn C,Cozen W,Saber MS,Huang Y,Peters ES,Lynch CF,Wilkinson EJ,Rajeevan MS,Lyu C,Saraiya M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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: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：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: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 assess the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) by grade (CIN 1, CIN 2, CIN 3) and age in Estonia (a country with less developed cervical cancer screening program and high cervical cancer incidence). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This descriptive study uses data from a health ins...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Uusküla A,Raag M,Uppin A,Raud T,Klaar U,Jürisson M,Müürsepp A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of clitoromegaly due to a large clitoral cyst that occurred spontaneously without any declared previous female genital mutilation. The cyst was excised successfully with good cosmetic results. ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Al-Ojaimi EH,Abdulla MM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignancies in pregnancy and one percent of women diagnosed with cervical cancer are pregnant or postpartum at the time of the diagnosis. We discuss how pregnancy will affect the management of cancer, and cancer will affect the management of the pregnancy. MATERIAL ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Ribeiro F,Correia L,Paula T,Santana I,Vieira Pinto L,Borrego J,Jorge AF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to identify sociodemographic and disease-specific factors associated with follow-up in an inner-city multiethnic colposcopy clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All charts of patients referred to colposcopy clinic for abnormal cervical cytology and/or high-risk human papillomavirus infections to the...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Chase DM,Osann K,Sepina N,Wenzel L,Tewari KS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBIECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the safety of conservative treatment in women desiring preservation of fertility with stage IA adenocarcinoma of the cervix. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clinical report of all women with stage IA adenocarcinoma of the cervix, endocervical subtype, with clear margins on cone...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Sopracordevole F,Canzonieri V,Giorda G,De Piero G,Lucia E,Campagnutta E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminology for human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated squamous lesions of the lower anogenital tract has a long history marked by disparate diagnostic terms derived from multiple specialties. It often does not reflect current knowledge of HPV biology and pathogenesis. A consensus process was convened to recommend ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Darragh TM,Colgan TJ,Cox JT,Heller DS,Henry MR,Luff RD,McCalmont T,Nayar R,Palefsky JM,Stoler MH,Wilkinson EJ,Zaino RJ,Wilbur DC,Members of LAST Project Work Groups.

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Fabric-based endocervical and exocervical biopsy tools were compared with exocervical punch biopsy and sharp endocervical curettage. We compared the level of pain reported by the patient and the amount of bleeding rated by the physician relative to the type of biopsy used. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a 2...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Winter M,Cestero RM,Burg A,Felix JC,Han C,Raffo AM,Vasilev S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess the risk of progression/persistence of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) during pregnancy according to the age of the woman, the grade of the lesion, the type of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and the mode of delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighty pregnant women with a...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Cubo-Abert M,Centeno-Mediavilla C,Franco-Zabala P,Merced-Vázquez C,Castellví J,García A,Gil-Moreno A,Xercavins J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current study tested the hypothesis that collagen content in the pregnant cervix decreases with labor, using morphologically preserved specimens, avoiding limitations of earlier studies. Collagen abundance remote from pregnancy was also evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Histologic sections of postpartum c...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Heller DS,Goldsmith LT,Aboujaoude R,Kaplan C,Baergen R,Cole D

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:: Lack of estrogen after menopause can cause many changes in the lower genital tract of women, including involution of the introitus and collapse of the vestibule into the genital cleft. CASES:: Six cases of hypoestrogenic women are described, with the unusual finding of entrapment of terminal hairs between...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Vigliani MB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation of the vulva can present as a manifestation of a localized problem or as part of a systemic disorder. Granulomatous vulvitis is a rare inflammatory condition that has histologic similarities to Crohn disease. Clinically, it presents with painless, chronic relapsing erythema, and edema, typically affecting...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Ghosh D,Woodrow S,Mathew J,Lopes A,Das N

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:: This study aimed to investigate correlations between a panel of biomarkers/tumor markers and high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive versus HR-HPV-negative cervical lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: The study included 188 women who consecutively attended a colposcopy clinic because of PAP smears ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Samir R,Asplund A,Tot T,Pekar G,Hellberg D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare cervical cytologic and histologic findings between women using depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and oral contraceptives (OCs) referred for colposcopy and to determine whether there were differences in the occurrence of false-positive cytologic finding between the 2 contrace...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Clark MK,Stockdale CK,Railsback L,Nichols S

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:The objective of the current study was to describe outcomes among women with low-grade abnormalities on cervical cytology screening in the setting of previous excisional or ablative treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). METHODS:Study participants were recruited into the Study to Understand ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Burks HR,Smith KM,Wentzensen N,Tenney M,Tuller E,Moxley K,Mathews C,Dunn ST,Wang SS,Gold MA

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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：: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：OBJECTIVES:Low physician density, undercapacitated laboratory infrastructures, and limited resources are major limitations to the development and implementation of widely accessible cervical cancer prevention programs in sub-Saharan Africa. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We developed a system operated by nonphysician health pr...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Parham GP,Mwanahamuntu MH,Pfaendler KS,Sahasrabuddhe VV,Myung D,Mkumba G,Kapambwe S,Mwanza B,Chibwesha C,Hicks ML,Stringer JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vulvar fissures are a common cause of vulvar pain and discomfort. The differential diagnosis of the underlying process is broad, and some cases remain undiagnosed. Mycosis fungoides, the dominant component of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, rarely present as fissures. We report a case of a chronic vulvar fissure ...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Reichman O,Sobel JD,Bentley G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To relate aspects of online colposcopic image assessment to the diagnosis of grades 2 and 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2+). METHODS:To simulate colposcopic assessment, we obtained digitized cervical images at enrollment after acetic acid application from 919 women referred for equivocal or minor...

journal_title：Journal of lower genital tract disease

authors： Massad LS,Jeronimo J,Katki HA,Schiffman M,National Institutes of Health\/American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Research Group.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00