Concomitant resorptive defects of the reproductive tract: a uterocervicovaginal septum and imperforate hymen.

Objective: To review a case of concomitant longitudinal uterocervicovaginal septum and imperforate hymen.

Setting: A university-based tertiary care center.

Patient(s): A 14-year-old girl with a septum spanning the length of the uterus, cervix, and upper two-thirds of the vagina, as well as an imperforate hymen.

Early, staged reconstruction in young women with severe breast asymmetry.

Study Objective: To retrospectively examine a cohort of young women with severe hypoplasia or asymmetric breast development who underwent breast reconstruction with tissue expansion and to determine complication rates as well as patient satisfaction.

Design: Chart review.

Setting: The University of Michigan Hospital, a tertiary care center.

Augmentation vaginoplasty of colonic neovagina stricture using oral mucosa graft.

Background: Vaginal reconstruction is performed for a variety of congenital and acquired anomalies, and several techniques have been described. Conventional neovaginal reconstructions typically involve skin grafts or vascularized intestinal segments. Oral mucosa has been used successfully in urethral reconstruction, and several long-term studies have demonstrated its surgical versatility and durability.

Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome--a review.

This review paper highlights important diagnostic and therapeutic concerns for girls with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS). CAIS is an androgen receptor defect disorder associated with vaginal and uterine agenesis in women with a 46,XY karyotype. The major clinical issues surrounding this syndrome include timing of gonadectomy, hormone replacement, vaginal dilation, and attention to psychological issues.

A case of oocyte and embryo vitrification resulting in clinical pregnancy.

Objective: To examine a case of clinical pregnancy following oocyte and day 3 embryo vitrification.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Huntington Centro de Medicina Reprodutiva, a private infertility clinic, in São Paolo, Brazil.