scholarly journals An Unusual Gross Appearance of Vulval Tuberculosis Masquerading as Tumor

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surekha U. Arakeri ◽  
Prachi Sinkar
Keyword(s):  
Female Patient ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
The Body ◽  
Primary Tuberculosis ◽  
Female Genital

Tuberculosis of the vulva is very rare. It is found in about 0.2% of the cases of genital tract tuberculosis. It usually presents as small shallow ulcers and multiple sinus tracts or rarely as elephantiasis of vulva. Except for very rare cases of primary tuberculosis in the vulva, it is usually associated with tuberculosis elsewhere in the body leading to secondary tuberculosis. Here, we report a case of secondary vulval tuberculosis which presented as a vulval mass in a 40-year-old female patient. The rarity of this presentation in the female genital tract is emphasized.

scholarly journals Mutual Preservation: A Review of Interactions Between Cervicovaginal Mucus and Microbiota

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stylianos Vagios ◽  
Caroline M. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
The Body ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Mucosal Surfaces ◽  
Cervicovaginal Mucus ◽  
Female Genital

At mucosal surfaces throughout the body mucus and mucins regulate interactions between epithelia and both commensal and pathogenic bacteria. Although the microbes in the female genital tract have been linked to multiple reproductive health outcomes, the role of cervicovaginal mucus in regulating genital tract microbes is largely unexplored. Mucus-microbe interactions could support the predominance of specific bacterial species and, conversely, commensal bacteria can influence mucus properties and its influence on reproductive health. Herein, we discuss the current evidence for both synergistic and antagonistic interactions between cervicovaginal mucus and the female genital tract microbiome, and how an improved understanding of these relationships could significantly improve women’s health.

scholarly journals Studies on the Onychophora, IV - The passage of spermatozoa into the ovary on Peripatopsis and the early developments of the ova

1938 ◽  
Vol 228 (556) ◽  
pp. 421-441 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Surface ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Genital Opening ◽  
Receptaculum Seminis ◽  
Female Genital

The males of some species of Onychophora form large spermatophores with a definite shape, and it is supposed that these spermatophores are deposited in the female genital opening. These species also possess paired receptacula seminis which contain most of the spermatozoa that may be found in the female genital tract. Near the receptaculum seminis there may be a ciliated funnel communicating with the body cavity (Peripatidae). In other species, notably most of the Peripatopsidae, the male deposits small spermatophores anywhere on the body surface of the female. The receptacula seminis are almost or completely absent in Opisthopatus and Peripatopsis , and spermatozoa are found in the lumen of the ovarian tubes. No open communication exists between the female genital tract and the haemocoel.

The Incidence of Chronic Infective Processes in Mental Disorder

1925 ◽  
Vol 71 (295) ◽  
pp. 658-675
Author(s):  
T. C. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Latent Infection ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Female Genital

The study of chronic septic or latent infection has in general medicine and surgery advanced to such an extent that it is here only possible to deal with a moiety of the subject, and I consequently propose to deal principally with the chronic sepsis met with in the head and female genital tract, my object being to demonstrate and discuss a few of the clinical types met with in those parts of the body.

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