title: Vulvar invasive squamous cell carcinoma in a young patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-seropositivity.
abstract: Vulvar squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are rare malignancy of unknown etiology. Only 10% of these tumors occur under the age of 40 years. We are describing one such rare case where a 29-year-old female patient had presented with nonhealing ulcer over vulva since 4 months. Histopathology revealed invasive SCC of the vulva. The occurrence of invasive vulvar SCC in a younger patient is rare. In this patient, it is most likely precipitated by immunodeficiency caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of DVL, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: T S Mohan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of DVL, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sravani Sandhya
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bellam
authors.affiliation: Department of DVL, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gurupuprasad
keywords: Immunosuppression; malignancy in young; vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia; vulvar squamous cell carcinoma