squamous intra-epithelial lesion (LSIL) were To assess the efficacy, cytopathologic diagnostic detected in 98 (1.4%), 25 (0.3%), 12 (0.2%) and criteria, and clinical importance of our smear 11 (0.2) patients, respectively. The most reported results. cause of inflamation was bacterial vaginosis and Methods its incidence was 22.9%. The conventional smear reports of 7167 patients Conclusions whose...

Two 54-year-old women developed abdominal cramps and vaginal hemorrhage as a result of endometrial hyperplasia during treatment with a hop-containing phytotherapeutic product (MenoCool®) for post-menopausal complaints. The women used the hop-containing phytotherapeutic product (418 mg of hop per tablet) twice daily (1 and 0.5 tablets by both patient A and B). Patient A developed abdominal cramp...

Background: Leucorrhoea is the clinical evidence of infection and can be treated satisfactorily whenever diagnosed. Occurrence of cervical cancer associated with discharge/leucorrhoea can be easily prevented if detected early. Majority of patients attending hospital present with varying degree of vaginal discharge and cytological monitoring of these subjects is mandatory to know any cellular ch...

Background: The Papanicolaou test (Pap test) is most sensitive and widely used screening test for early diagnosis of various cervical lesions including infections. Objectives: To know the utility of Pap smears in diagnosing cervical infections and to study the pattern of infections on Pap smears occurring in this region of India. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of Pap smear reports...

The adult protein deficient rats having anestrus, began to show estrus in vaginal smear after gonadotrophin administration. HCG administration prod uced same amount of ascorbic acid depletion in ovaries of protein deficient rats as in the control rats. The uterus and ovary weights increased and on histological examination the ovaries showed a follicular and luteal phase; in response to PMS, and...

abstract background: most of the women suffer from vaginal atrophy and dryness, and therefore, efficient and safe treatment is needed to improve vaginal lubrication. vitamin d has several important functions which may be effective in proliferation and repair of the epithelial tissue. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of vitamin d vaginal suppositories on maturation index, ph, and dryness ...

BACKGROUND By the age of 60 years, an estimated 33% of women will have undergone a hysterectomy. Approximately 85% of these hysterectomies are performed for benign disease. The object of this study was to evaluate cytologic findings from vaginal cuff smears in patients who have undergone hysterectomy for benign uterine conditions. METHODS We conducted a community-based retrospective study and...

A 23-year-old woman gave a history of intermittent post-coital vaginal spotting, and a Papanicolaou smear indicated the presence of a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and cellular changes due to the cytopathic effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Colposcopic examination showed a circumferential exophytic lesion (Fig 1). Multiple biopsies were performed; histological examinat...

The female genital tract is an infrequent site of metastasis. Diagnosis of metastatic extragenital malignancy to the cervix on cervical-vaginal smear is extremely rare. We performed review of the database with diagnosis of malignant neoplasm metastatic to the uterine cervix between 2006 and 2011. These examples of metastatic extragenital malignancies to the cervix are lymphoma, and two colorect...