Female genital system

• diandric triploid hydatidiform mole
  12 September 2011

  Distinction of hydatidiform moles (HM) from nonmolar specimens and their subclassification as complete (CHM) versus partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) are important for clinical practice and investigational studies to refine ascertainment of risk of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), which differs among these entities.
  Immunohistochemical analysis of p57 expression, a paternally imprinted maternally expressed gene on 11p15.5, and molecular genotyping are useful for improving (...)

• parthenogenetic embryo-like structures
  13 January 2011

  References
  Parthenogenetic embryo-like structures in the human ovarian surface epithelium cell culture in postmenopausal women with no naturally present follicles and oocytes. Virant-Klun I, Rozman P, Cvjeticanin B, Vrtacnik-Bokal E, Novakovic S, Rülicke T, Dovc P, Meden-Vrtovec H. Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Jan-Feb;18(1):137-49. PMID: #18605894#

• high-grade fimbrial-ovarian carcinoma
  8 July 2010

  High-grade endometrioid and serous carcinomas of the ovary and fallopian tube are responsible for the majority of cancer deaths and comprise a spectrum that includes early or localized (tubal intraepithelial carcinoma) and advanced (invasive or metastatic) disease.
  Three groups can be defined:
  (1) classic serous carcinomas
  (2) mixed serous and endometrioid carcinomas
  (3) endometrioid carcinomas
  Biology
  PAX2 and PTEN, in addition to p53 and p16(ink4), comprise a potentially (...)

• sexual precocity induced by ovarian follicular cyst
  21 April 2010

  Sexual precocity induced by ovarian follicular cysts
  References
  Sexual precocity induced by ovarian follicular cysts. Is autoimmunity involved? Stokvis-Brantsma WH, van Weissenbruch MM, Wit JM, Schoemaker J, Drexhage HA. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1990 May;32(5):603-12. PMID: #2114242#

• clitoral hypertrophy
  19 April 2010

  hypertrophic clitoris

• bilateral paramesonephric cysts
  17 March 2009

  References
  Torsion of bilateral paramesonephric cysts in young girls.
  Breitowicz B, Wiebe BM, Rudnicki M. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2005 Feb;84(2):199-200. PMID: #15683385#

• ovarian mesonephric remnant
  12 March 2009

  ovarian mesonephric rest; ovarian mesonephric remnants
  References
  Ovarian prostatic tissue originating from hilar mesonephric rests. Smith CE, Toplis PJ, Nogales FF. Am J Surg Pathol. 1999 Feb;23(2):232-6. PMID: #9989852#

• Mullerian adenosarcoma
  28 October 2008

  Definition: Müllerian adenosarcomas are rare mixed tumors of low malignant potential that occur mainly in the uterus and also in extrauterine locations.
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  Mullerian adenosarcoma
  https://twitter.com/RikiSotillo/status/834002608004141056
  Mullerian adenosarcoma is an uncommon, but not rare, mixed tumor containing a neoplastic but benign or mildly atypical epithelial element and a sarcomatous, usually low-grade, stromal component.
  The most common site is the uterine corpus but (...)

• vesicular appendage of epoophoron
  28 July 2008

  hydatid of Morgagni in female

• epoophoron
  27 June 2008

  organ of Rosenmüller, parovarium

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