title: Verrucous carcinoma of vulva.
abstract: Vulval carcinoma is an uncommon disease of old women and may manifest as verrucous carcinoma. Intraepithelial cancer of the vulna of women in their twenties and thirties is increasing. Invasive carcinoma of vulva usually appears long time after intraepithelial neoplasia or chronic irritation. We are presenting one young lady of 21 years who noticed whitening of vulva since her childhood and irregular vulval itching in that area. After nine to ten years she further noticed swelling in that area which used to discharge off an on along with itching. As she got married and had disturbed sexual life, on consulting with a specialist doctor, the lesion was diagnosed as an ulcerated malignant growth. Further investigation revealed the lesion to be as verrucous carcinoma of vulva. This is the first report of such case in our country. Any persistent complaints of vulva like itching, discharge, even ulcer should be taken care of for detection of intraepithelial vulvar cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynae. & Obs., Institute of Child and Mother Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Muhsin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery