A 63-year-old woman with a sense of perineal discomfort was referred to our hospital. Digital examination revealed an irregular rectal tumor, and the distance from the anal verge was 0.5 cm. The lower endoscopic examination demonstrated an ulcerated tumor with a sharply demarcated margin, 6 cm in size, occupying a half circumference of the rectum. There was another tumor, 2 cm in size, protrudi...

AIM The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical and ultrasonographic findings of women who had three-dimensional endovaginal ultrasound (EVUS) for the management of vaginal mesh complications. METHODS This was a retrospective study of patients that had EVUS due to mesh complications at a tertiary care center. The clinical charts were reviewed. The stored 3D volumes were review...

One hundred sixty-nine Zimbabwean women were studied to determine whether the use of intravaginal practices (cleaning with the fingers, wiping the vagina, and inserting traditional substances) are associated with disturbances of vaginal flora and acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Subjects were interviewed and received counseling and a pelvic examination at enrollment, 1 month...

Vaginal primary malignant melanoma is a rare and very aggressive tumor. It most commonly occurs in postmenopausal women, with a mean age of 57 years. Our patient is an 80-year-old, postmenopausal Greek woman presented with a complaint of abnormal vaginal bleeding. On gynecologic examination there was a pigmented, raised, ulcerated, and irregular lesion 5 × 4.5 cm in the upper third of anterior ...

Vaginitis is an important gynecologic disorder that accounts for nearly 5 million office visits to physicians each year. Infectious vaginitis is the most common cause for an abnormal vaginal discharge; other possible causes include cervicitis, atrophic vaginitis, physiologic discharge, physicochemical vaginitis, and psychosomatic vaginitis. Although the history and physical examination may sugg...

This paper presents two cases of women who had extensive vaginal adenosis from prenatal DES exposure, extending almost halfway down the vaginal canal. Both women were followed for decades with annual exams and Pap smears until after menopause. Clinical examination in both cases initially showed an absent pars vaginalis of the cervix, vaginal adenosis, and shallowness of the fornices. Several de...

Introduction: Vaginal route of hysterectomy is being reinvented in the present era due to the advantage of reduced operating time, lesser hospital stay, reduced morbidities and better patient satisfaction. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vaginal hysterectomy as a primary route for all indicated cases, in absence of uterovaginal prolapse. Materials and...