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Chronic erosive vulval disease
Author(s) -
RIDLEY C.M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1990.tb02083.x
Subject(s) - lichen sclerosus , cicatricial pemphigoid , dermatology , medicine , differential diagnosis , pemphigoid , disease , vulva , chronic disease , pathology , bullous pemphigoid , immunology , antibody , family medicine
Summary The clinical features and differential diagnosis of chronic erosive vulval disease are described. Many cases are examples of erosive lichen planus but a similar picture is sometimes associated with cicatricial pemphigoid, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, vulval intra‐epithelial neoplasia, and vestibulitis, while a few examples still defy categorization.