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vulvar dystrophy (vulvar disorder)
Non-neoplastic, primarily vulvar skin disease.
Etiology:
1) lichen sclerosus
2) squamous cell hyperplasia
3) intraepithelial neoplasia
4) lichen simplex chronicus
5) lichen planus
6) vulvitis
- allergic contact dermatitis of the vulva [2]
Pathology:
- labia minora may be resorbed into or fused with the labia majora [1]
Differential diagnosis:
1) contact dermatitis
2) seborrheic dermatitis
3) psoriasis
4) vulvovaginal candidiasis
5) genital herpes
Related
vulva
Specific
lichen sclerosus
vulvar (vaginal) vestibulitis
vulvar abscess
vulvar intraepithelial hyperplasia
vulvar lichen simplex chronicus; vulvar squamous cell hyperplasia; hyperplastic vulvar dystrophy
vulvar neoplasm
vulvar polyp
vulvar pruritus
vulvar ulcer
vulvitis
vulvovaginal candidiasis
General
skin disease (dermatologic disorder, dermatopathy, dermatosis)
gynecologic disease
References
- Geriatrics Review Syllabus, American Geriatrics Society,
5th edition, 2002-2004
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 10th edition (GRS10)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2019
- O'Gorman SM and Torgerson RR.
Allergic contact dermatitis of the vulva.
Dermatitis 2013 Mar; 24:64.
PMID: 23474446
- Kingston A.
Vulval disease in the postmenopausal patient: a guide to
current management.
Menopause Int. 2010 Sep;16(3):117-20. Review.
PMID: 20956687
- Rodriguez MI, Leclair CM.
Benign vulvar dermatoses.
Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2012 Jan;67(1):55-63. Review.
PMID: 22278079