Vagina

• vaginal infections
  16 March 2009

  From puberty until menopause, the vagina is protected from pathogens by a low pH resulting from catabolism of glycogen in the normal epithelium by lactobacilli.
  Antibiotics can kill the lactobacilli and make the vagina susceptible to infection.
  To be successful as pathogens, microorganisms have developed specific mechanisms for attaching to vaginal or cervical mucosa or enter via local breaks in the mucosa during sex (genital warts, (...)

• vaginal transverse septum
  6 October 2008

  See also
  vaginal anomalies
  vaginal malformations

• vaginal endometrioid adenocarcinoma
  2 October 2007

  Primary Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma of the Vagina

• vaginal mucosa
  10 September 2007

  See also
  female genital system vagina

• uterovaginal aplasia
  28 May 2007

  uterovaginal agenesis, von Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster anomaly, MRK anomaly, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, congenital absence of uterus and vagina, MRKH syndrome

• vaginal atresia
  30 March 2005

  Associations
  vaginal aplasia uterovaginal aplasia (von Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster anomaly, MRK anomaly)
  renal adysplasia (association of renal agenesis with renal dysplasia)
  Case records
  Case 10645: Sexual ambiguity in caudal regression syndrome with lumbosacral agenesis (46,XX fetus, 20 weeks)
  Case 10783: Vaginal atresia in caudal regression syndrome (46,XX fetus)
  See also
  Vagina vaginal (...)

• vaginal malformations
  30 March 2005

  Types (Exemples)
  vaginal atresia

• vagina
  30 March 2005

  Adj. vaginal

• vaginal yolk sac tumor
  8 March 2004

  Yolk sac tumor of the vagina is a rare entity and seen almost exclusively in children less than 3 years of age.The presenting feature is usually frank bleeding per vaginum or blood stained vaginal discharge.
  Occasionally the child may develop urinary retention due to the tumor mechanically compressing the urethra. In more advanced cases, a mass may be seen protruding through the vaginal orifice.
  Differentyial diagnosis
  clear cell carcinoma of the vagina
  See also
  yolk sac tumor (...)

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