Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology provides generous coverage of all aspects of pre-womanhood gynecology. Ranging from the commonest problems to the less common but urgent, it emphasizes diagnosis, special care and management throughout.

Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology:

• ranges across illnesses, development, approach, management and effect on later life and fertility
• emphasizes continuous care and education for life
• stresses diagnosis and management of the most common through to the less common but urgent problems
• features a highly personal touch gleaned from decades of experience with recommended psychological approachs for dealing with younger patients
• features 'Quick-Takes' which outline instant diagnostic possibilities

Contents

1. Personal Overview
2. Age Group Associated Concerns
3. Evaluation of the newborn
4. Early Diagnosis and Management of Atypical Appearing Genitalia
5. Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
6. Androgen Insensitivity and Gonadal Dysgenesis
7. The Gynecological Approach to the Child, Adolescent and Young Adult
8. Vulvovaginitis in the child
9. Vaginal bleeding in the child
10. Ovarian Cysts in the Fetus, Infants, and Children
11. Genital Trauma
12. Sexual Abuse
13. Adolescent Sexuality
14. Psychologic aspects of Gynecologic Problems and Preparing for Psychodramas
15. Approach to and evaluation of the Adolescent
16. Puberty in girls
17. Delayed Puberty
18. Primary and secondary amenorrhea
19. Precocious Puberty
20. Dysmenorrhea
21. Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis, and the Role of the Gynecologists
22. Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in the Adolescent
23. Adolescent Anovulatory Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding and Menorrahgia
24. Bleeding Disorders in the Adolescent Female
25. Congenital Gynecologic Anomalies I - Rokitansky Syndrome
26. Congenital Anomalies II and Diagnostic Problems
27. Laparoscopy in the Pediatric and Adolescent Female
28. Breast Problems
29. Contraceptive Choices in Pediatrics, Adolescent, and Young Adult Gynecology
30. Contraception in Adolescence
31. Labor in the Adolescent
32. The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome-Challenges and Opportunities in Adolescent Medicine
33. Acute Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
34. Acute Gynecologic Pain
35. Vulva Disorders in Children
36. Dermatology - The Dermatologist view of diagnosis and treatment of vulva lesions
37. Management of Ovarian Cysts in the Adolescent and Young Adult
38. Pediatric Gynecologic Cancer
39. Cervix Cytology, Dysplasia and Human Papillomavirus
40. Herpes Simplex Viruses Types 1 and 2
41. Sexually Transmitted Infections
42. Imaging
43. Preservation of Fertility
44. Where Law and Medicine Meet
45. Minors' Rights to Reproductive Health Care and Privacy
46. HPV Infection and Cervical Neoplasm in Adolescents
47. Endometrial Pathology in Young Patients
48. Ovarian Tumors in Children, Adolescents, and Young Patients
49. Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases in Adolescents and Young Adults
50. Rhabdomyosarcoma of the vagina and cervix
51. Benign ovarian disorders
52. The History of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology in the United States
53. A History of the International Federation of Infantile and Juvenile Gynaecology

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