The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain.
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.
Bowen
Anneli R
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Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Vester
Amber
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Marsden
Lily
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Florell
Scott R
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Sharp
Howard
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Summers
Paul
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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*