title: Paget's disease in an Asian woman.
abstract: Extramammary Paget's disease is a rare disease, which mainly occurs in postmenopausal women. The case of Paget's disease of vulva, in a 40 year old Asian woman, who presented with a history of intense itching in vulva for 1 year is being reported. After being medically treated, she was diagnosed on Vulval biopsy. Local excision of the vulval lesion was performed, and histopathology revealed Paget's disease, extending close to the surgical margins. Therefore, a re-excision was performed and patient remained disease free at six months follow up.
authors.affiliation: Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zia
authors.forename: Nabila
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zareen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010145:Paget Disease, Extramammary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery