[Lipschütz acute genital ulcer].
Lipschütz acute genital ulcer is a rare distinctive cause of nonvenereal acute genital ulcers that occurs particularly in adolescents described in 1913. We report here a typical case that occurred in a 24-year-old virgin woman who developed flu-like symptoms and painful genital ulcers that healed spontaneously within a week and without any infection (Epstein Barr Virus, toxoplasmosis, salmonella). The physiopathogeny remains unknown. However, there are body of evidences pointing out a possible link to several nonvenereal infections, including mainly Epstein-Barr virus acute infection. This rare benign but disabling entity should be known by gynecologists.
Kluger
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Service de dermatologie, université Montpellier-I, hôpital Saint-Eloi, CHU de Montpellier, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France. nicolaskluger@yahoo.fr
Garcia
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Guillot
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult