..., solid organ transplants and laboratory exposure ( 2 ). Malaria is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions below an altitude of 1,500 meters ( 3 ). More than 85 percent of cases occur in Africa, approximately 10 percent in Southeast Asia, and the reminder in the Americas. Female Anopheles...

... infections are asymptomatic, the disease is usually passed on undetected. Although women appear more frequently affected than men, screening programs for cervical cancer in female individuals introduce a selection bias, as infectious pathogens (including C. trachomatis) can thus be detected...

... for the same species have resulted in seeing a variety of names for the same genus (some presented in Table 22-1 ( 1 ). The fungi are important normal human commensals, mainly found on the skin, as well as mucosa of the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract. Infection is typically...

..., are transmitted between mammalian hosts (canine, rodent, or human) through the bite of the female sand fly (Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus spp). Human infections are mainly due to L. donovani and L. tropica, although there is some evidence that animal reservoirs exist for both...

..., and for females and certain special populations through 26 years of age. The ACIP does not recommend routine catch-up vaccination for older adults, however, and shared clinical decision-making is recommended regarding potential HPV vaccination in older individuals ( 57 ). Three prophylactic HPV vaccines...

...) presents as one or more papules, pustules, plaques, or nodular inflammatory lesions, usually on the anterior aspect of the leg. There is a predilection for adult females. Additional reported sites of involvement include the inguinal region, scrotum, vulva, abdomen, forearm, and face ( 65 , 69 , 74 , 75...

..., epididymitis, and endometritis Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly B. ovis Sheep, rams Infects male and female genital tract Inflammation due to extravasated spermatozoa causes most of the pathology B. ceti and B. pinnipedialis Marine mammals Can be asymptomatic...

.... The disease has a slight predilection for female patients and affects both children and adults. Factors that predispose to infection include poor hygiene and overcrowding. The disease is acquired by inhalation of bacteria for prolonged periods. The pathogenesis of rhinoscleroma has not been entirely...

... diseases include bacteremia (predominantly C. perfringens and C. septicum) and invasive infections involving the biliary and female genital tracts, pleura, and lungs. These invasive infections, however, are often polymicrobial, with Clostridium spp representing one...

... overridingly affects men, with a male to female ratio of 22 to 1 for chronic disease and 1.7 to 1 for acute/subacute disease. This gender predilection is due to the protective effect conferred by estrogen in women, since the hormone inhibits transformation of the fungus from its conidial/mycelial form to its...

...Lesions occurring in the female breast may also occur in the male breast, albeit with far lesser frequency. Myofibroblastoma is one lesion that had historically been reported to be more frequent in males, but is now recognized to occur with equal frequency in men and women. Other entities...

... deeply and was broadly transected or not. It is most common after a shave biopsy ( 6 – 12 ). Persistent nevi typically appear in adolescents or young adults, especially females ( 12 – 14 ), and on the back ( 12 , 13 , 15 ). The nevi tend to reappear within a few weeks to months, most commonly within...

..., the large collecting ducts expand to form lactiferous sinuses, which terminate in cone-shaped ampullae before opening onto the nipple. MICROARCHITECTURE OF NORMAL ADULT FEMALE BREAST TISSUE Figure 1-1 MICROARCHITECTURE OF NORMAL ADULT FEMALE BREAST TISSUE A portion of an extralobular duct (arrow...

... in the breast: neoplasms of adolescent females, a report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study . Med Pediatr Oncol   1997 ; 29 : 181 - 9 . ...

...: collective analysis of case reports in the literature and hints on treatment policy . World J Surg Oncol   2014 ; 12 : 335 . 5. Ross   DS , Giri   DD , Akram   MM , et al . Fibroepithelial lesions in the breast of adolescent females: a clinicopathological study of 54 cases . Breast J...

... in transgender individuals . Mod Pathol   2021 ; 34 : 85 - 94 . 49. Torous   VF , Schnitt   SJ . Histopathologic findings in breast surgical specimens from patients undergoing female-to-male gender reassignment surgery . Mod Pathol   2019 ; 32 : 346 - 53 . 50. Hernandez...

..., or metastatic mucinous carcinoma to any of those aforementioned sites. Breast carcinoma is common and patients are surviving longer, thus metastatic breast carcinoma should always in the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma arising in a female patient in lungs, liver, bone, brain, gastrointestinal tract...

... Appendix 6 . Predicted Normal Heart Weight (g), from Formalin-Fixed Specimens, as a Function of Body Weight in 100 Females and 100 Males Younger Than 20 Years Appendix 7 . Predicted Normal Heart Weight (g), from Formalin-Fixed Specimens, as a Function of Body Height in 100 Females and 100 Males...