[Cytotopochemistry of lipids in vaginal smears of pregnant women].

The author presents a preliminary paper upon cytotopochemical evaluation of lipids in the vagina epithel in physiological and pathological gravidity to the Vth lunar month. The staining has been carried out by the method with Red Oil O. Besides that the vaginal smears have been evaluated also on the base of their pycnotic and eosinophilic index by staining after Shorr. There have been examined 94 women divided into two groups, i.e. with physiological and pathological course of gravidity and evaluated 282 smears in total. The author means that the occurence of irregularly located bigger lipid inclusions in the cytoplasma of cells is a signalisation of cytotopochemically estimated structural changes caused most probably by a disturbance of the hormonal balance. The results have been worked out statistically.