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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 12;193(40):E1572.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210448.

Vulvar lichen sclerosus

Kristyna Cleminson  1 , Mary Lou Baxter  2
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Case Reports

Vulvar lichen sclerosus

Kristyna Cleminson et al. CMAJ. .

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Photograph of a 71-year-old woman with vulvar lichen sclerosus, showing a large, atrophic, shiny, white plaque with petechia, involving the vulva, perineum and perianal areas in the classic “figure of eight” distribution. Severe scarring and disappearance of the clitoral hood and labia minora bilaterally (arrows), as well as substantial narrowing of the introitus, are evident.
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References

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    1. Lewis FM, Tatnall FM, Velangi SS, et al. . British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of lichen sclerosus, 2018. Br J Dermatol 2018;178:839–53. - PubMed

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