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Uterine leiomyosarcomas (LMS) rarely are suspected preoperatively unless there has been documented rapid growth of the uterus or evidence of extrauterine disease.
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Understanding sexual pain remains limited. with multiple etiologies and lack of evidence-based outcomes research, future investigations should focus on evaluating the intimacy of the couple, the partner relationship, and biomedical sources of pain such as the pelvic floor muscles.
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The authors performed a descriptive analysis of all cases of desquamative inflammatory vaginitis (DIV), defined as symptomatic vaginitis (discharge, dyspareunia, pruritus, burning, or irritation) associated with vaginal inflammation (such as focal or linear erosions), a vaginal pH higher than 4.5, and saline microscopy showing an increase in parabasal and inflammatory cells in the absence of an infectious etiology (such as trichomonas, candida, or bacterial vaginosis).
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In this issue: Two new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C; NSAIDs and myocardial infarction risk; AIM-HIGH clinical trial stopped; and FDA actions.
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In the vulvar vestibulitis clinical trial conducted at the University of Rochester between 2002 and 2007, patients with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (localized provoked vulvodynia) were enrolled in a 12-week randomized, placebo-controlled treatment trial.
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Over the years, different tocolytics have been in vogue, only to be discarded later because meta-analyses showed that the agent simply did not work. This month's review will focus on nifedipine, a medication that has been in and out of favor for more than 20 years.
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This publication is an update on osteoporosis screening from the 2002 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation.
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Although the annual incidence of all gynecological malignancies remains between 75,000 and 80,000, a far greater number of women with this history are survivors.
