[Genital lichen in girls. General aspects and clinical course].
BACKGROUND
The authors re-examine the clinical aspects of infantile vulvar Lichen sclerosus in the light of the latest reports in the literature.


METHODS
A group of 40 girls was studied with a mean age of 8 years old suffering from this pathology; 8 of the subjects had reached a prepuberal age. The group received different types of therapy and maintenance during a six-month and then annual follow-up. The results are reported correlated to the type of treatment. The results obtained were also evaluated depending on the age of the subject, the onset of puberty in some during the course of the study, the age at onset of disease.


RESULTS
It was seen that recovery was mainly linked to aging and hence the evolution of puberty rather than the type of treatment, given that every drug has a predominantly symptomatic effect. The mean recovery time was 2.5 years (namely the average interval between diagnosis and puberty).


CONCLUSIONS
Contrary to the findings reported in the literature, lesions with an early onset (prior to adrenarche) recovered more slowly and later.
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Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche ed Ostetriche, Università degli Studi, Torino.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology