1938
Hormonal Reactions of Pregnancy
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“…Excessive intrauterine stimulation of the cervical mucous glands by circulating maternal estrogens produces the accumulated fluid. 6 The condition is seen soon after birth, presenting as a fluctant midline mass in the low abdomen, or at puberty as hematocolpos. A suspension of mucoid material and cellular debris within the dilated genital tract results in a diffusely echogenic fluid that may suggest a solid mass.…”
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“…Excessive intrauterine stimulation of the cervical mucous glands by circulating maternal estrogens produces the accumulated fluid. 6 The condition is seen soon after birth, presenting as a fluctant midline mass in the low abdomen, or at puberty as hematocolpos. A suspension of mucoid material and cellular debris within the dilated genital tract results in a diffusely echogenic fluid that may suggest a solid mass.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…During this phase there is histological evidence of increased activity of the uterine and cervical glands, and the vaginal epithelium resembles the adult type. The vaginal epithelium of adults and of infants during the first few weeks of life contains glycogen, but this is not found in the vaginal epithelium of older children before the age of puberty (Dobszay, 1938). When the infant is about 2 weeks old this change occurs in the character of the vaginal epithelium, and the uterine glands become less active in appearance (Mahoney and Chamberlain, 1940).…”
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