title: The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain.
abstract: Sixty-one percent of refractory vulvodynia patients evaluated in a tertiary care vulvovaginal clinic had clinically relevant dermatoses based on dermatopathologist-analyzed vulvar biopsy including: lichen sclerosus, allergic/irritant dermatitis, lichen planus, and other inflammatory or neoplastic dermatoses. Given the frequency of dermatologic disease, vulvar biopsy and analysis by a dermatopathologist are recommended in patients with vulvodynia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Anneli R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vester
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Florell
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D001706:Biopsy; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000473:pathology; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000209:etiology*