Inglés: vaginal fornix

Definición

Seno localizado en la parte superior de la vagina formado por la protrusión del cuello uterino en la vagina.

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Vaginal fornix: The anterior (front) and posterior (back) recesses into which the upper vagina is divided. These vaultlike recesses are formed by protrusion of the cervix into the vagina. The fornix uteri is also known as the fornix vaginae (or the vaginal fornices) and the uterine fornices.

The fornix of the vagina in medical Latin is the fornix vaginae. The fornix vaginae is also known as the fornix uteri (the uterine fornix).

In anatomy, a fornix is a vaultlike or arched structure. Fornix is the Latin word for vault or arch.

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Los espacios entre el cuello uterino y vagina se conocen como los fondos de saco vaginales anterior, posterior y laterales. Como la vagina está unida con el útero en un punto más alto por detrás que por delante, la pared vaginal posterior mide una 3 cm, mas que la pared anterior.

El fondo de saco vaginal posterior está separado del fondo de saco posterior (de Douglas) y la cavidad peritoneal por la pared vaginal y el peritoneo. Esta proximidad tiene utilidad clínica desde los puntos de vista tanto diagnostico como terapéutico.

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fornix. [Anat.] Evítese este latinismo innecesario, cuya traducción depende del contexto: 1 Trígono cerebral (fornix cerebri). 2 Fondo de saco; o vaginal fornix (fondo de saco vaginal). 3 Fondo; • gastric fornix (fondo gástrico, cúpula del estómago).

FUENTE: NAVARRO, DICCIONARIO MÉDICO.

We compared polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of specimens obtained from the distal vagina with wet mount microscopy and culture of specimens from the posterior vaginal fornix. One or all three techniques revealed that 61 (20.3%) of 300 women tested were positive for Trichomonas vaginalis. PeR analysis of distal vaginal specimens detected 56 (91.8%) of 61 infections, while wet mount microscopy and culture detected 49 (80.3%) of 61 infections. Results of this study may impact the approach to testing for T. vaginalis by eliminating the requirement of a vaginal speculum examination. The distal vagina is an appropriate testing site for T. vaginalis by peR analysis.

The diagnostic gold standard for T. vaginalis infection is culture of vaginal fluid from the posterior vaginal fornix [1].

Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis of Distal Vaginal Specimens: A Less
Invasive Strategy for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

R. Phillips Heine, Harold C. Wiesenfeld,
Richard L. Sweet, and Steven S. Witkin