Women's Clitoris, Vagina, and Cervix Mapped on the Sensory Cortex: fMRI Evidence

Atresia of the Vagina and Cervix Uteri

Microbial flora of the vagina and cervix.

The microbial flora of the vagina and cervix was assessed qualitatively and semiquantitatively in 40 women attending an intrauterine contraceptive device clinic. Both sites harboured many types of macroorganism, the mean number of microbial types isolated being five from the vagina and four from the cervix. Typical lactobacilli were detected in 61% of vaginal and in 53% of cervical specimens; f...

Primary malignant melanoma of cervix and vagina

Primary malignant melanoma (MM) accounts for 1% of all cancers, and only 3% to 7% of these tumors occur in the female genital tract. Data are limited with respect to the basis for treatment recommendations because of the rarity of MM. The overall prognosis of melanomas of the female genital tract is very poor. Two cases of MM of the female genital tract are presented. The first case is of a 70-...

On the sensory nerve terminations in clitoris in human adult.

Previous to the description of the innervation of clitoris in adult, something shall be written on the fine structures of clitoris, because clitoris has been thought so long as an epitome of penis, though there are between both of them many histological differences, even in adult. Of course this fact has attracted the attention of some authorities, but there has been no description on it even i...

SECTION 2 Cancer of the Cervix, Vagina, and Vulva

EPIDEMIOLOGY The American Cancer Society estimated that 12,800 new cases of invasive cervical cancer would be diagnosed in the United States in 1999.1 During the same year, 4800 patients were expected to die of cervical cancer; this represents approximately 1.8% of al l cancer deaths in women and 18% of deaths from gynecologic cancers. However, for women aged 20 to 39 years, cervical cancer rem...