Female genital tract

Pathology of female genital tract 

Updated: 01/23/2024

© Jun Wang, MD, PhD

Key anatomic features
  • Opened channel, pathological basis for pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Cervix: exocervix, endocervix, transformation zone
  • Uterus: fundus, body
  • Fallopian tube: intramural, isthmus, ampulla, infundibulum, fimbriae
  • Placenta: umbilical cord, fetal membrane, placenta
Key histologic features
  • Stratified squamous epithelium from vulva to exocervix
  • Simple columnar epithelium from endocervix to fimbriae
  • Uterine corpus
Endometrium: Glands, stroma
Myometrium
Perimetrium: Mesothelium/peritoneum
  • Ovaries: three components
Epithelium (mesothelium)
Stroma
Germ cells (follicles)
  • Placenta: Cytotrophoblast, syncytiotrophoblast, intermediate trophoblast

Diseases of vagina and vulva
Diseases of cervix
Diseases of uterus
Stromal tumor
Hydatidiform mole



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