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The Vulva

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Pathology of the Female Genital Tract

Abstract

The external female genitalia include the mons pubis, labia majora and minora, clitoris with its prepuce and frenulum, the vestibule into which open the orifices of Skene’s and Bartholin’s glands, and the urethral meatus (Fig. 2.1). All these structures are easily visualized except for the Bartholin gland orifices, which are normally not seen unless inflamed. With adrenarche, the mons pubis and lateral aspects of the labia majora acquire increased amounts of subcutaneous fat and develop the coarse curly surface-hair characteristic of the adult. With maturation of the hair-follicle apparatus, there is concomitant maturation and development of the sebaceous and apocrine glands in the hair-bearing regions as well as in the labia minora and inner aspect of the prepuce. Other than the areola of the breast, these are the only areas in which sebaceous glands routinely develop without concomitant hair formation (Fig. 2.2).

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