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For the development of the DES carcinoma syndrome, two different mechanisms may be assumed. 1. Indirect effect via teratogenesis: squamous cell carcinoma develops from adenosis vaginae with the assistance of cofactors (Fig.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaginal adenosis is a rare kind of disease without specific symptoms and does not represent a very serious disorder from the beginning. Concerning the etiology teratogenetic dependencies are known which still are interpreted in different ways in the recent literature. The increased number of cases, including those with clear-cell-carcinoma of the vagina, in juveniles after exposition to DES during the early embryonal development shows in particular (Central index for the stilbestrol-adenosis-carcinoma-syndrome in the USA, since 1971) a wrong pathway in the organogenesis of cervix and vagina.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis disease complex is one of the few entirely new and previously unsuspected discoveries of the recent past. The first case, seen in 1966, ushered in an era of suspicion. A study and report on the first seven cases published in 1970 inaugurated the era of hot pursuit which culminated in 1971 in an epidemiologically structured and controlled investigation of possible etiologic factors.
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