Abstract
To conserve the function of the ovary from irradiation after extensive hysterectomy in patients below 40 years with epidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix, the exteriorization of the ovaries with the ovarian vessels into mammary tissue has been performed.
In order to investigate clinically the endocrine function of the transplanted ovaries which show a continuous cyclic change of swelling and shrinkage for years, cytohormonal changes of the vaginal epithelium was examined.
The cyclic influence of sexual hormones on the vaginal mucosa with the regular changes in size of the transplanted ovaries was clear. Both keratinization and eosinophilic cells with pyknotic nuclei predominate at the ovarian swelling phase, but the percentage of eosinophilic cells becomes lower in the shrinkage phase.
