[Hormones and embryogenesis of the uterine cervix].

In the absence of the T.D.F.

[Chromo-colposcopic images during oral contraception].

The Authors report chromocolposcopic pictures with AZEA (Azure 2 + alcohol-soluble eosine + ethanol) and related histologic pictures in six women under oral contraception. Columnar epithelium develops violet or blue-violet areas histologically corresponding to endocervicitis. Aceto-white epithelium develops reddish color in case of medium-mature metaplasia, brown-violet in case of mature metaplasia, lilac in case of superficial koilocytosis on metaplasia.

[Cancer of the uterine cervix in Togo. Epidemiological observations and anatomopathological characteristics].

Fifty consecutive cases of cervical cancer from the Afagnan Hospital in Togo have been reviewed in their clinical features, and in ten out of these and five additional ones from the year 1979 the histological specimens were reexamined. The high rate of late diagnosis was the most striking clinical data observed, while the histopathological study revealed a high quota of undifferentiated or rare patterns, very different from the types commonly observed in Europe. In spite of the very poor public health level of the population, an almost complete absence of histological signs of HPV infection in the neoplastic tissue should be remarked.

[Psycho-social and sexology study of women with florid genital condylomatosis].

During the last 20 years studies about sexual transmitted diseases have introduced decisive changes in the knowledge of both their pathogenesis and pathology and their clinical treatment. Only nowadays the psychological aspects of the diseases have been taken into consideration. Our research studied particularly the life style of women affected by florid condylomatosis.

[Florid vulvar condylomatosis. Comparison of therapeutic schedules].

The problem of warts' therapy is of great interest for the diffusion of this pathology, for its high rate of recurrence and for its relation to CIN. So we evaluated the efficacy of different therapeutic methods for vulvar condylomata, used in 254 patients treated in our center from January '86 to July '90. 55 women underwent hot cautery, 31 laser-therapy, 42 excisional biopsy, 62 were treated with alpha interferon, 11 with beta interferon, 13 with thymopentin in association with electro-cautery or laser and in 40 cases no treatment was performed.