TY - JOUR
T1 - Skin diseases of the vulva
T2 - inflammatory, erosive-ulcerating and apocrine gland diseases, zinc and vitamin deficiency, vulvodynia and vestibulodynia
AU - Sand, Freja Lærke
AU - Thomsen, Simon Francis
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Chronic, inflammatory and ulcerating mucocutaneous diseases that can affect the vulvar area are reviewed: lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, plasma cell vulvitis, complex aphthosis, Behcet's disease, pyoderma gangrenosum, metastatic Crohn's disease, dyskeratotic skin diseases (Hailey-Hailey disease and Darier's disease), autoimmune bullous diseases (mucous membrane pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris) and hidradenitis suppurativa. Also, vulvodynia and vestibulodynia, zinc and vitamin B deficiency are described.
AB - Chronic, inflammatory and ulcerating mucocutaneous diseases that can affect the vulvar area are reviewed: lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, plasma cell vulvitis, complex aphthosis, Behcet's disease, pyoderma gangrenosum, metastatic Crohn's disease, dyskeratotic skin diseases (Hailey-Hailey disease and Darier's disease), autoimmune bullous diseases (mucous membrane pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris) and hidradenitis suppurativa. Also, vulvodynia and vestibulodynia, zinc and vitamin B deficiency are described.
KW - Administration, Cutaneous
KW - Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage
KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage
KW - Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage
KW - Chronic Disease
KW - Dermatologic Agents/administration & dosage
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Skin Diseases/diagnosis
KW - Vitamin B 12 Deficiency/diagnosis
KW - Vulvar Diseases/diagnosis
KW - Zinc/deficiency
U2 - 10.1080/01443615.2017.1328590
DO - 10.1080/01443615.2017.1328590
M3 - Review
C2 - 28764581
SN - 0144-3615
VL - 38
SP - 149
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
JF - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
IS - 2
ER -