Lipschütz [corrected] ulcers--four cases.
A distinctive clinical entity of acute genital ulcers occurring in adolescents, with nonvenereal infectious etiology was described by Lipschütz in 1913. We describe four puberal virgin girls who developed fever and painful genital ulcers. The main causes infectious and noninfectious of ulceration were rejected. Although the etiology is unknown, recent cases related with Epstein-Barr virus acute infection have been reported.
Hernández-Núñez
Almudena
A
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain. almudena@aedv.es
Córdoba
Susana
S
Romero-Maté
Alberto
A
Miñano
Román
R
Sanz
Tatiana
T
Borbujo
Jesús
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014456:Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral