tetracycline and Vaginal-Neoplasms

Anatomic pathology has produced considerable knowledge about environmental teratogens and carcinogens. A special disease registry established by a pathologist provided details of the association between oral contraceptives and hepatic neoplams. Pathologists were also involved in establishing in the link between diethylstilbestrol use and clear-cell adenocarcinomas of the vagina. An area of particular interest has been gender and ethnic differences in the incidence of certain diseases. Pathologists further make use of animal studies to investigate the pathogenesis of human tumors. Finally, stored serum or tissue is often used by pathologists to help diagnose diseases retrospectively. Human skin fibroblasts grown in culture and stored have been especially valuable for laboratory research. This chapter briefly highlights some of the milestones in the detection of enviromental effects through anatomic pathology.

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Animals; Ataxia Telangiectasia; Contraceptives, Oral; Diethylstilbestrol; Disease Models, Animal; Environment; Ethnicity; Female; Geography; Herpesvirus 4, Human; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Osteosarcoma; Pathology, Clinical; Radiation, Ionizing; Sex Factors; Tetracycline; Thorium Dioxide; Tooth Discoloration; Vaginal Neoplasms; X Chromosome

A case of Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome caused by chlamydia is described in which the perihepatic and abdominal swelling also extended to the right perirenal tissue. The case was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical picture, the behaviour of anti-chlamydia serum antibodies, abdominal echography and laparoscopy. The infection was quickly cured by the administration of tetracycline.

Topics: Adult; Chlamydia Infections; Condylomata Acuminata; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Chronic; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Salpingitis; Syndrome; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Vaginal Neoplasms