Module 4/Chapter 22/Male and Female Reproductive Systems/Pathology of the Female
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- Carcinoma in situ
- Localized cancer growth
- Cervicitis
- Inflammation of the uterine cervix
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Implantation of fertilized egg outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube. Also known as tubal pregnancy
- Endometriosis
- Condition in which the endometrial tissue escapes from the uterus and implants itself outside the uterus and other cavities
- fibroids
- Benign tumors in the uterus
- Hirsutism
- Excessive growth of hair or the presence of hair in unusual places, particularly in women
- Leukorrhea
- Vaginal discharge of white or yellow mucoid substance
- Mastitis
- Inflammation of the breasts
- Multigravida
- A woman who has been pregnant at least twice
- Nullipara
- A woman who has never been pregnant
- Oophoritis
- Inflammation of the ovary
- Ovarian cyst
- collection of fluid or solid material within a sac (cyst)in the ovary
- PID
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - inflammation in the pelvic region
- Primigravida
- A woman in her first pregnancy
- Primiparous
- A woman who has borne (delivered) one child.
- Pruritus vulvae
- Condition of severe itching of the external female genitalia
- Pseudocyesis
- False pregnancy - No pregnancy occurs, but symptoms such as weight gain and amenorrhea are present
- Pyosalpinx
- Pus in the fallopian tube
- Salpingitis
- Inflammation of fallopian tube
- Vaginitis
- Inflammation of the vagina
- Virilism
- Presence of male sex characteristics in a woman