Adenocarcinoma,
cervix, endocervix
Description - cancer of the mucous
membrane of the cervical canal
Adenocarcinoma,
uterus
Description - cancer that begins
in the cells that line the uterus
Carcinoma,
fallopian tube
Alternative Name - carninoma of
oviduct, carcinoma of uterine tubes
Description - cancer of the fallopian
tubes
Cervix
Description - the lower part and
neck of the uterus
Cervix,
CIN1 to CIS
Description - CIN is a general
term for the growth of abnormal cells on the surface of the
cervix. Numbers from 1 to 3 are used to describe how much
of the cervix contains abnormal cells; CIS is cancer in situ
Cervix,
CIN3 to CIS
Description - CIN is a general
term for the growth of abnormal cells on the surface of the
cervix. Numbers from 1 to 3 are used to describe how much
of the cervix contains abnormal cells; CIS is cancer in situ
Cervix,
CIS
Description - a non-invasive cancer
of the cervix
Chancre,
cervix
Description - the primary skin
lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection
after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated
skin lesion
Clear
cell carcinoma, ovary
Description - one of the subtypes
of epithelial ovarian cancer. It can range from benign to
aggressive, depending on grade
Corpus
albicans
Description - once the corpus luteum
degenerates it becomes the corpus albicans
Corpus
luteum
Description - endocrine gland in
ovary formed when ovum discharged; if the ovum impregnated,
the corpus luteum increases in size and persists for several
months, (secretes estrogens, progesterone, relaxin and inhibin);
otherwise degenerates and shrinks
Cyst,
ovary
Description - an abnormal lump
filled with fluid or similar in the ovary
Cystic & adenaomatous
hyperplasia, endometrium
Description - multiple cysts and
an abnormal increase in the number of cells of glandular origin
in the endometrium (the layer of tissue that lines the uterus)
Dysplasia,
moderate to severe, cervix
Description - cells look abnormal
under a microscope but are not cancerous
Dysplasia,
moderate, cervix
Description - cells look abnormal
under a microscope but are not cancerous
Fallopian
tube
Description - the tube through
which eggs pass from the ovaries to the uterus
Fibroids
Alternative Name - fibromyomas,
fibromas, fibroleiomyomas, leiomyoma, simply myomas
Description - benign tumours of the uterus
composed of smooth muscle and fibrous connective tissue
Fibroids
with hyaline degeneration
Alternative Name - fibromyomas,
fibromas, fibroleiomyomas, leiomyoma, simply myomas
Description - benign tumours of the uterus
composed of smooth muscle and fibrous connective tissue, showing
tissue degeneration
Genital
wart
Alternative Name - condyloma acuminatum,
condyloma, venereal wart
Description - a wart on the skin or adjoining
mucous membrane usually near the anus and genital organs
Leiomyosarcoma,
uterus
Description - a tumour of the muscles
in the uterus
Mixed
mullerian tumour, uterus
Alternative Name - carcinosarcoma, mixed
mesodermal tumour
Description - a sarcoma that consists
of both endometrial carcinoma and stromal sarcoma
Ovary
Description - female reproductive
glands in which the ova, or eggs, are formed, located in
the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus
Papillary
carcinoma, endocervix
Description - a malignant tumour
of the mucous membrane of the cervical canal
Salpingitis,
purulent
Description - inflammation of the
fallopian tube with discharge of pus
Salpingitis,
sub-acute
Description - inflammation of the
fallopian tube somewhere between acute and chronic
Squamous
cell carcinoma, vulva
Description - cancer that begins
in squamous cells, which are thin, flat cells that look like
fish scales, in the vulva (the external part of the female
genitalia)
Stromal
hyperplasia, ovary
Description - an abnormal increase
in the number of connective tissue cells that hold the ovary
together and those that produce the female hormones (estrogen
and progesterone)
Teratoma,
benign cystic, ovary
Description - a type of non-malignant
tumour originating in germ cells (cells that produce the
eggs)
Ulceration,
tubercular, fallopian tube
Description - fallopian tube showing
signs of ulceration as a result of TB
Urine,
malign cervical cells
Description - urine with cancerous cervical cells in it
Uterus
Alternative Name - womb
Description - the small, hollow,
pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis; this is the organ
in which an unborn child develops
Uterus,
active menstruation
Description - the uterus with the
lining (the endometrium) being shed that occurs when a woman
is not pregannt
Vagina
Alternative Name - birth canal
Description - the muscular canal
extending from the uterus to the exterior of the body
