The female genital system and breast can be injured by drugs or during
diagnostic and/or therapeutic interventions. Drug-induced lesions of the female
genitalia primarily involve contact dermatitis and fixed drug eruptions. Galactorrhea
can be caused by several drugs, including neuroleptics and antihypertensive agents. In
females with breast cancer, tamoxifen can induce endometrial hyperplasia and
transformation into carcinoma. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures rarely lead to
severe complications, but such complications are specific and require knowledge for
clinicians. The final section of this chapter is reserved for specific lesions related to
pregnancy and the effects of the intrauterine environment on newborns.
Keywords: Adverse drug reaction, Allergy, Breast, Dermatitis, Endocervical
hyperplasia, Endometrial atrophy, Endometrial hyperplasia, Female genitalia,
Fixed drug eruption, Galactorrhea, Genital system, Iatrogenic, Newborn,
Pregnancy, Urticaria.