Vulvar lymphangiectasia due to recurrent cellulitis.
We describe a 42-year-old woman in whom extensive lymphangiectasia of the vulva developed after recurrent severe episodes of cellulitis, producing changes rather similar to those seen in lymphangioma circumscriptum. We suspect that an underlying lymphatic abnormality predisposed her to cellulitis, resulting in local lymphatic fibrosis and vulvar lymphangiectasia.
City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital, Ireland.
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D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008200:Lymphangiectasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology