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Doctors and the general public are increasingly recognising diseases of the vulva and vagina as a cause of sexual dysfunction, morbidity and death, yet the wide but sometimes rare range of conditions involving this area are poorly represented in most textbooks of pathology. As the first volume in the Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology series sponsored by the British Association of Gynecological Pathologists, Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina is one of the very few dealing wholly with this subject. Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina introduces the topic with a stylishly illustrated description of the embryology and development which is fundamental to understanding the pathogenesis and symptomatology.  Subsequent chapters cover infections and non-infectious dermatoses, specifying those that can predispose to cancer. The precancerous conditions of vulval intraepithelial neoplasia, melanocytic proliferations and extra-mammary Paget’s disease are integrated respectively with accounts of human papilloma virus, malignant melanoma and recent awareness of ano-genital mammary-like glands. Advances in the recognition of potentially confusing benign conditions, prognosis and staging update the pathology of squamous and adenocarcinoma in these organs. The difficulties of sentinel node biopsy are explored and a comprehensive chapter clearly highlights the difficult differential diagnosis of mesenchymal lesions. As most histopathology departments receive many gynecological specimens, Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina has been written to be useful diagnostically to general as well as specialist gynecological histopathologists and pathologists in training.  Gynecologists, oncologists, dermatologists, genitourinary physicians and cancer nurse specialists will find expert insights here that will help in treatment and counselling of their patients.  .

Vagina -- Cancer. --- Vagina -- Diseases. --- Vaginal diseases -- Pathology. --- Vulva -- Cancer. --- Vulva -- Diseases. --- Vulvar diseases -- Pathology. --- Genital Diseases, Female --- Genitalia, Female --- Genitalia --- Female Urogenital Diseases --- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications --- Urogenital System --- Anatomy --- Diseases --- Vulvar Diseases --- Vulva --- Vaginal Diseases --- Vagina --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pathology --- Diseases. --- Cancer. --- Medicine. --- Dermatology. --- Gynecology. --- Pathology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Skin --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Medicine, Preventive --- Gynecology .

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This book offers detailed coverage of all aspects of vulvar pain in age groups from children to the elderly, with a particular focus on factors that precipitate or maintain the pain. Guidance is provided on diagnosis and treatment, and careful consideration is given to special circumstances associated with vulvar pain, including childbirth, recurrent cystitis, female genital mutilation, medical comorbidities, and sexual comorbidities in both partners. Vulvar pain of neurogenic and iatrogenic origin is also fully discussed. Two innovative chapters present case reports highly relevant to clinical practice and address outstanding issues, including controversies and difficulties in terminology, initial triggers, the role of stress, psychogenic causes, and misuse and abuse. The book is exceptional in covering vulvar pain throughout the human life span and in a wide range of situations, and it will be of value to all who are involved in management of the condition.

Vulvodynia. --- Chronic vulvar pain --- Vulvar pain --- Vulvovaginal pain --- Medicine. --- Dermatology. --- Gynecology. --- Urology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Chronic pain in women --- Sexual disorders --- Vulva --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Genitourinary organs --- Skin --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Gynecology .

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How does a woman describe a part of her body that much of society teaches her to never discuss? It Hurts Down There analyzes the largest known set of qualitative research data about vulvar pain conditions. It tells the story of one hundred women who struggled with this dilemma as they sought treatment for chronic and unexplained vulvar pain. Christine Labuski argues that the medical condition of vulvar pain cannot be adequately understood without exposing and interrogating cultural attitudes about female genitalia. The author's dual positioning as cultural anthropologist and former nurse practitioner strengthens her argument that discourses about "healthy" vulvas naturalize and reproduce heteronormative associations between genitalia, sex, and gender.

Vulva --- External female generative organs --- External female genitalia --- External generative organs, Female --- External genitalia, Female --- Female external generative organs --- Female external genitalia --- Female pudendum --- Partes genitales femininae externae --- Pudendum, Female --- Pudendum femininum --- Pudendum muliebre --- Generative organs, Female

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This eagerly awaited book offers a unique, comprehensive scientific study of the anatomy of the organ of female sexual pleasure. The authors use macroscopic and microscopic research to guide the reader from the glans, the visible part of the clitoris, where they explore the impressive sensory corpuscles, to the hidden roots of the bulbo-clitoral organ. They show its complexity, its exact location within the external genitalia and its intimate relationship with the urethro-vaginal pyramid. They also remind us that throughout history there has been a failure to understand this organ, and explain that this misunderstanding remains the cause of persistent excisions, criminal mutilating practices that have not yet been eradicated. Using extensive iconography, they demonstrate throughout this book that the bulbo-clitoral organ is an exceptional natural treasure that every woman possesses and that every man should know well.

Clitoris. --- Clitoris --- Surgery. --- Vulva --- Gynecology. --- Obstetrics. --- Urology. --- Human anatomy. --- Medicine. --- Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery. --- Anatomy. --- History of Medicine. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Anatomy, Human --- Anatomy --- Human body --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Genitourinary organs --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Diseases --- Health Workforce --- Gynecology . --- Medicine—History.

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This book provides surgeons with insights into performing aesthetic labiaplasty. After a short introduction on the anatomy and function of the external female genitals, surgical techniques used for reducing the labia minora as well as procedures to reshape the labia majora are described in detail. With the help of high quality pictures and illustrations, readers gain information not only on the surgical procedures themselves, but also on aftercare, risks, complications and the information patients should receive before surgery. The demand for surgery to enhance the appearance and function of the external female genital area is increasing throughout the western world. However, to date no guidelines or standards have been published in a concise book format. Furthermore, this procedure is not yet included in any trainee program for specialist surgeons. As a consequence, a growing number of cases are unsuccessful, with unpleasing aesthetic and functional results. This book is a valuable source of information for plastic surgeons and also gynecologists who are interested in learning from one of the experts in this field.

Vulva --- Surgery. --- Medicine. --- Gynecology. --- Plastic surgery. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Plastic Surgery. --- Gynaecology --- Medicine --- Generative organs, Female --- Surgery, Primitive --- Diseases --- Gynecology . --- Aesthetic surgery --- Cosmetic surgery --- Plastic surgery --- Reconstructive surgery --- Surgery, Aesthetic --- Surgery, Cosmetic --- Surgery, Reconstructive --- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Plastic surgeons