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Cyproterone acetate in the treatment of oestrogen hypersensitivity vulvovaginitis
Author(s) -
Nguyen Yvonne,
Bradford Jennifer,
Fischer Gayle
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.12657
Subject(s) - cyproterone acetate , medicine , cyproterone , antagonism , endocrinology , refractory (planetary science) , receptor , androgen , hormone , physics , astrobiology
Oestrogen hypersensitivity vulvovaginitis is a rare chronic cyclical vulvovaginitis responsive to oestrogen suppression or antagonism. We present a case series of 16 patients with refractory cyclical vulvovaginitis, all of whom responded to oestrogen suppression with cyproterone acetate.