New gyneco-urological and sexological implications of the female prostate and female prostate specific antigen
Authors:
prof. MUDr. Milan Zaviačič; DrSc. 1; Richard J. Ablin; Ph.D. 2; MUDr. Tomáš Zaviačič 3; MUDr. Michal Palkovič 1; MUDr. Svetoslav Štvrtina 1; MUDr. Ján Breza; DrSc. 4; MUDr. Karol Holomáň, CSc. 5
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav patologickej anatómie LF UK Bratislava
1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon
Arizona, USA
2; Helios Klinikum Gmbh, Frau – Mutter – Kind Zentrum, Erfurt, Deutschland
3; Urologická klinika LF UK a FNsP, Akad. L. Dérera, Bratislava
4; II. gynekologicko-pôrodnická klinika LF UK a FN Bratislava
5
Published in:
Prakt Gyn 2006; 10(3): 115-120
Převzato z časopisu Praktická gynekológia 2005; 12(3): 97–116.
Overview
The paper provides basic information about the structure and function of the female prostate. Particular attention is given to the female prostate-specific antigen (PSA) produced by the functional urinary-genital gland of females. Similarly to males, also in females this prostate marker plays a substantial role in the study of orthology, function and pathology, and in justifying of the use of the term of the female prostate. In view of the existence of the female PSA, which is formed by the female prostate, and the way of release of female prostate fluid containing PSA and other prostate components, prostate (specific) acid phosphatase (PSAP), one cannot agree with the interpretation of the postcoital presence of PSA in the vagina as a result of failure of the female and/or male condom contraception. Continual excretion and ejaculation emptying of the female prostate, in the context of female sexual life parameters, may provide simple explanation of how PSA in females enters the environment of the vagina without any damage of integrity of the male of female condom [94].
Key words:
female prostate – orthology – pathology – exocrine function – terminology – PSA – sources of PSA in females – mechanical (barier) contraception – female condom – male condom (preservative) – criteria of safety
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