The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Sixty-one percent of refractory vulvodynia patients evaluated in a tertiary care vulvovaginal clinic had clinically relevant dermatoses based on dermatopathologist-analyzed vulvar biopsy including: lichen sclerosus, allergic/irritant dermatitis, lichen planus, and other inflammatory or neoplastic dermatoses. Given the frequency of dermatologic disease, vulvar biopsy and analysis by a dermatopathologist are recommended in patients with vulvodynia.
Medical subject headings
- Pain
- Skin
- Skin Diseases
- Vulva
- Vulvar Diseases