title: Vulvitis granulomatosa: a cryptogenic chronic inflammatory hypertrophy of vulvar labia related to cheilitis granulomatosa and Crohn's disease.
abstract: We report the cases of two patients with vulvitis granulomatosa, a chronic inflammatory hypertrophy of the vulvar labia thought to represent the vulvar variant of cheilitis granulomatosa. One of the women later experienced recurring cheilitis granulomatosa, while the other developed intestinal Crohn's disease 6 years later. The interrelationships of vulvitis granulomatosa, cheilitis granulomatosa, and Crohn's disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerrieri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohlsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rydén
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westermark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000473:pathology*