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H J Staemmler

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[Endometriosis--implantation or metaplasie? (author's transl)].

The article deals with the various theories, hypotheses, localisations and experiments in connection with the genesis of uterine and extrauterine endometriosis. It is explained that there is not just one single valid cause; rather, it will be necessary to resort to various theories, depending on the localisation of the endometrial heterotopia. The article describes the case of a young woman with genital malformation combined with ovarial endometriosis. This malformation syndrome is known as Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster syndrome with congenital aplasia of the vagina and a rudimentary uterus bicornis solidus. Since such uteri do not contain any endometrium which is capable of functioning, this would exclude any canalicular, haematogenic, lymphogenic, embolic, metastatic or homotransplantational cause of endometriosis. In fact, ovarial endometrial tissue heterotopia is due to pluropotentiality of the coelomic epithelium and is produced by indentation of cortical epithelium and segmentation.

Adolescent↗

[The diagnostic reliability of the jet-wash technique with regard to the diagnostic of endometrium carcinoma (author's transl)].

The jet-wash technique is an efficient method for diagnosing the endometrium carcinoma. Among 750 women we detected 50 endometrium carcinomata all of which were diagnosed by the jet-wash method. Wrongly positive findings do not exist in our series of examinations. Of the pre-stages of the endometrium carcinoma, such as adenomatous hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma in situ, however, only scarcely 50 per cent of all cases were diagnosed. The jet-wash method is also suited for outpatient clinics. Thus, patients with risk-factors for the endometrium carcinoma might be controlled annually once in outpatient clinics in addition to the usual cancer prophylactic examinations. Above all, we consider 1. patients suffering from bleeding anomalies as from the 40th year of age, 2. patients free from any symptoms, but suffering from obesity, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, 3. patients with an increased narcosis risk, 4. patients of the perimeno-pause prior to an estrogen treatment and 5. cancer post-care patients suffering from a primarily radiated endometrium carcinoma. The direct smears and the cytocentrifuge preparations can be diagnosed right on the day of examination. The thrombin cell block technique requires more work for a cytological laboratory. For a histological laboratory it might not mean any additional essential burden.

Biopsy↗

[Gynecological remarks on the problem of the artificial vagina (author's transl)].

Accurate differentiation of the pathologic state must precede surgical construction of an artificial vagina. Moreover, it is necessary to know whether a uterus is present and whether the psychosexual development of the patient is female. Differential diagnosis is concerned with various forms of intersexuality, especially aplasia and atresia of the vagina. Relevant cases are reported. The author prefers the McIndoe operation, because of its low risk. If the patient has a uterus (i.e. women with AGS with complete masculinization or women with atresia of the vagina) more effective operations should be done, as intercourse and conception are possible after surgery in these women.

Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital↗