The case of a 34-year-old woman, who consulted because she observed the appearance of numerous yellow-white asymptomatic papules on the vulva, is presented. Clinical diagnosis of syringoma of vulva was established. The pathological and immunohistochemical studies confirmed the diagnosis. Vulvar syringoma usually occurs as a multiple flesh-colored or brownish papules on both sides of labia major...

Liposarcoma (LPS) of vulva is a rare entity. We present the ultrasonographic (US) and color Doppler ultrasonographic (CDUS) findings of a vulvar myxoid LPS. Although LPS cases have been reported in the extremities and trunk, the US or CDUS findings of LPS in vulva have not been described previously. On US the mass appeared as a well-defined, homogeneous hypoechoic structure and on CDUS it was q...

Discocriconemella inaratus n. sp. from Iowa prairies is characterized by a single offset disk-shaped head annule which is often discontinuous, a sigmoid vagina, a stylet length of 51-61 mum, and 77-100 smooth body annules. Criconemoides inusitatus n. sp. from Iowa woodlands is characterized by two offset head annules, a "closed" vulva, a straight vagina, no overlapping anterior vulva lip, a sty...

abstract carcinoma of the vulva has commonly been recognized as a disease of postmenopausal women, but some cases have been reported in young women during pregnancy. medical records were reviewed for a patient with vulvar carcinoma diagnosed in pregnancy. using medline and cross references, pertinent articles were sought and reviewed. a 28-year-old afghan woman in her sixth pregnancy presented ...

C. elegans male mating behavior comprises a series of steps: response to contact with the hermaphrodite, backing along her body, turning around her head or tail, location of the vulva, insertion of the two copulatory spicules into the vulva, and sperm transfer. By ablation of male-specific copulatory structures and their associated neurons, we have identified sensory structures and neurons that...

BACKGROUND Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease primarily affecting mucosal surfaces. Blistering and scarring may occur in the eyes, mouth, esophagus, larynx, and on the vulva. Scarring can result in severe structural changes to the vulva that may mimic the findings of other inflammatory dermatologic disorders of the vulva, including lichen sclerosus and lichen pla...

For a nonessential diminutive organ comprised of only 22 nuclei, the Caenorhabditis elegans vulva has done very well for itself. The status of the vulva as an overachiever is in part due to its inherent structural simplicity as well as to the intricate regulation of its induction and development. Studies over the past twenty years have shown the vulva to be a microcosm for organogenesis and a m...

The knowledge about C. elegans provides a paradigm for comparative studies. Nematodes are very attractive in evolutionary developmental biology given the species richness of the phylum and the easiness with which several of these species can be cultured under laboratory conditions. Embryonic, gonad, vulva and male tail development were studied and compared in nematodes of five different familie...

Vulvar cancer is an uncommon tumor and represents 3% 5% of all female genital tract malignancies. The overall incidence is 1.5/100,000 women. Histopathologically the vast majority (90%) are squamous cell carcinomas. Primary cloacogenic carcinoma of the vulva is extremely rare with less than 20 cases reported in English literature [1]. These tumors are thought to arise from embryonic or ectopic ...

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) exhibit chromosomal translocations in common with those of Ewing's sarcoma. They usually originate in bone or soft tissue but rarely arise in the vulva. The current case report presents a case of PNET originating in the vulva in a 60-year-old female, who previously underwent enucleation of a vulvar tumor in another hospital. The pathologist suspected a h...