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. 2008 Nov;199(5):467.e1-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.004. Epub 2008 May 19.

The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain

Anneli R Bowen  1 , Amber Vester, Lily Marsden, Scott R Florell, Howard Sharp, Paul Summers
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The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain

Anneli R Bowen et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

Sixty-one percent of refractory vulvodynia patients evaluated in a tertiary care vulvovaginal clinic had clinically relevant dermatoses based on dermatopathologist-analyzed vulvar biopsy including: lichen sclerosus, allergic/irritant dermatitis, lichen planus, and other inflammatory or neoplastic dermatoses. Given the frequency of dermatologic disease, vulvar biopsy and analysis by a dermatopathologist are recommended in patients with vulvodynia.

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