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Diseases of the Vagina

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Pathology of the Female Genital Tract

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Abstract

The vagina as a consequence of its relationship to the vulva, as well as similarity of its mucosa and supporting mesenchymal structures, is subject to some of the infections and tumors that affect the vulva. The upper third of the vagina is of Müllerian derivation and is at times subject to lesions that arise in particular from this tissue.

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    Ancel Blaustein (Clinical Professor of Pathology) (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

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Blaustein, A. (1977). Diseases of the Vagina. In: Blaustein, A. (eds) Pathology of the Female Genital Tract. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6143-6_3

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