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Vaginal Abscess

MedGen UID:
155449
•Concept ID:
C0750053
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

An abscess that is located in the vagina. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVaginal Abscess

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Periurethral and Anterior Vaginal Wall Masses: Etiology, Presentation, and Treatment Outcomes.
Jacox N, Yao HH, Baverstock R, Trpkov K, Carlson K
Obstet Gynecol 2022 Nov 1;140(5):778-783. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004956. PMID: 36201769
Imaging and Treatment of Complications of Abdominal and Pelvic Mesh Repair.
Gavlin A, Kierans AS, Chen J, Song C, Guniganti P, Mazzariol FS
Radiographics 2020 Mar-Apr;40(2):432-453. doi: 10.1148/rg.2020190106. PMID: 32125951
Updated French guidelines for diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Brun JL, Graesslin O, Fauconnier A, Verdon R, Agostini A, Bourret A, Derniaux E, Garbin O, Huchon C, Lamy C, Quentin R, Judlin P; Collège National des Gynécologues Obstétriciens Français
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2016 Aug;134(2):121-5. Epub 2016 Apr 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.11.028. PMID: 27170602

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Recurrent Paravaginal Abscess: An Unusual Presentation of a Distal Ectopic Ureteral Remnant.
Lovell DY, Merriman AL, Benjamin KC, Taylor GB
CRSLS 2022 Jul-Sep;9(3) Epub 2022 Oct 19 doi: 10.4293/CRSLS.2022.00044. PMID: 36817084Free PMC Article
Clermont-Ferrand versus Vectec uterine manipulator for total laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Misirlioglu S, Boza A, Urman B, Taskiran C
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol 2019 Feb;28(1):51-56. Epub 2018 May 15 doi: 10.1080/13645706.2018.1471404. PMID: 29764264
Outpatient-based high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Dyk PT, Richardson S, Badiyan SN, Schwarz JK, Esthappan J, Garcia-Ramirez JL, Grigsby PW
Brachytherapy 2015 Mar-Apr;14(2):231-7. Epub 2015 Jan 1 doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2014.11.017. PMID: 25556865
Complications of polypropylene mesh for the treatment of female pelvic floor disorders.
García SL, Ramírez DL, Rey JR, Calvo JF, Iglesias BR, Calvo AO
Arch Esp Urol 2011 Sep;64(7):620-8. PMID: 21965260
Anaerobic infections of the female genital tract: bacteriologic and therapeutic aspects.
Thadepalli H, Gorbach SL, Keith L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973 Dec 15;117(8):1034-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(73)90750-3. PMID: 4586019

Diagnosis

Vaginal abscess mimicking a cystocele and causing voiding dysfunction after Burch colposuspension.
Huang WC, Yang SH, Yang SY, Yang E, Yang JM
J Ultrasound Med 2009 Jan;28(1):63-6. doi: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.1.63. PMID: 19106358
Anaerobic infections of the female genital tract: bacteriologic and therapeutic aspects.
Thadepalli H, Gorbach SL, Keith L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973 Dec 15;117(8):1034-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(73)90750-3. PMID: 4586019

Therapy

Complications of polypropylene mesh for the treatment of female pelvic floor disorders.
García SL, Ramírez DL, Rey JR, Calvo JF, Iglesias BR, Calvo AO
Arch Esp Urol 2011 Sep;64(7):620-8. PMID: 21965260
Vaginal abscess mimicking a cystocele and causing voiding dysfunction after Burch colposuspension.
Huang WC, Yang SH, Yang SY, Yang E, Yang JM
J Ultrasound Med 2009 Jan;28(1):63-6. doi: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.1.63. PMID: 19106358
Anaerobic infections of the female genital tract: bacteriologic and therapeutic aspects.
Thadepalli H, Gorbach SL, Keith L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973 Dec 15;117(8):1034-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(73)90750-3. PMID: 4586019

Prognosis

Outpatient-based high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Dyk PT, Richardson S, Badiyan SN, Schwarz JK, Esthappan J, Garcia-Ramirez JL, Grigsby PW
Brachytherapy 2015 Mar-Apr;14(2):231-7. Epub 2015 Jan 1 doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2014.11.017. PMID: 25556865
Complications of polypropylene mesh for the treatment of female pelvic floor disorders.
García SL, Ramírez DL, Rey JR, Calvo JF, Iglesias BR, Calvo AO
Arch Esp Urol 2011 Sep;64(7):620-8. PMID: 21965260

Clinical prediction guides

Anaerobic infections of the female genital tract: bacteriologic and therapeutic aspects.
Thadepalli H, Gorbach SL, Keith L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973 Dec 15;117(8):1034-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(73)90750-3. PMID: 4586019

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