title: [Vulvar pathology].
abstract: We evaluated the main causes of vulvar dermatoses; in 785 patients with a vulvar diseases who visited Ibn Rochd Hospital Centre, Casablanca between January 1991 and December 2002. The average age was 31 years (range 2 months to 81 years); 362 patients (41.52%) had vulvar pruritus, 273 patients (34.77%) had warts and 157 (20%) had one or more vulva ulcers. The most common infectious pathology was papillomavirus infection, found in 273 cases (34.77%), followed by vulvovaginal candidiases in 102 cases (12.99 %), syphilitic chancre in 18 cases (2.29%) and herpes genitalis in 17 cases (2.16%). The most common non-infectious pathology was vulvar dermatosis: 259 cases (32.99%); idiopathic pruritus vulvae: 61 cases (7.7%); and tumour-related conditions: 45 cases (5.6%). The frequency of infectious conditions was over 50% and these were generally sexually transmitted infections.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie-Vénéréologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zouhair
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: El Ouazzani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Omari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Fajri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lakhdar
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology