title: Prevalence, causes and outcome of vulval pain in a genitourinary medicine clinic population.
abstract: A detailed assessment was completed on 150 consecutive new female patients attending a walk-in genitourinary medicine clinic, in order to elicit the features of vulval pain. Twenty patients (13.3%) experienced vulval pain, and of these, 15 (75%) had an infective cause demonstrated. Candidiasis was demonstrated in more than half (55%) of them and one-fifth had genital herpes. Of the 5 patients in whom no infection was present, 2 were diagnosed with the vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) following their referral to the dedicated vulval clinic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Denbow
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D015995:Prevalence; D014844:Vulva; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology