OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess patient demographics, clinical presentation, response to previous treatment, and current evaluation of prepubertal girls referred for gynecologic care of labial agglutination. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review of all prepubertal female patients with labial agglutination referred from 1996 through 2001. RESULTS Twenty-three girls were...

OBJECTIVE To assess the expression of ICAM1, VCAM1, E-selectin, CD44, and TNF alpha in labial salivary glands of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. METHODS Labial salivary glands from six patients with rheumatoid vasculitis before and after treatment, six aged matched rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical evidence of rheumatoid vasculitis, 10 patients with primary Sjögren syndrome,...

We present two uncommon cases of adolescent girls with hair-thread strangulation of the labia minora. The first 14-year-old girl presented with a painful pedunculated labial lump (Fig. 1). The lesion was covered with exudate. She was examined under sedation and found a coil of long hair forming a tourniquet around a labial segment. Thread removal resulted to immediate relief from pain, and grad...

Labial glands are present in all castes and developmental stages of all termite species. In workers, their secretion contains a food-marking pheromone and digestive enzymes, while soldier secretion plays a defensive role. However, these functions were studied only in a limited set of species, and do not allow drawing general conclusions. Hence, we have investigated the chemical composition of t...

INTRODUCTION Increasing numbers of women are seeking labial reduction surgery. We studied the motivations for considering labial reduction surgery as recounted on women's online communities and surgery provider's websites. AIMS The study analyzed motivations for considering labial reduction surgery expressed by women on online communities, looked at the role of the women's age and nationality...

Results: For labial herpes, the mean duration of attacks and pain, occurrence of crusting, and mean healing time with honey treatment were 35%, 39%, 28% and 43% better, respectively, than with acyclovir treatment. For genital herpes, the mean duration of attacks and pain, occurrence of crusting, and mean healing time with honey treatment were 53%, 50%, 49% and 59% better, respectively, than wit...

BACKGROUND Labial adhesions are common in young girls and menopausal women. Topical estrogen is the first line of therapy for these adhesions. Based on a systematic literature review, postpartum labial adhesions are uncommon in clinical practice. They are not painful but can prevent patients from resuming normal sexual activity. Topical estrogen therapy is an ineffective treatment option for ad...

on passing a probe through this hole it was found to be quite a separate passage opening into the rnaiB urethra about 1A inches above the meatus, from whic^ it was separated by a thin septum. It appeared that the septum was united above with the roof of tk? urethra and did not allow the passage of urine through the meatus. On the previous day, it was the septic* which had offered resistance to ...

the males of the three species of bumblebees, bombus (thoracobombus) ruderarius (müller), b. (t.) persicus radoszkowskiand b. (t.) mesomelas gerstaecker collected from vikan village, qazvin province and their male labial gland secretions were analyzed by gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (gc/ms) and components of their extracts were identified. the major compounds were a complex mixture of ...