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Data on BRAF, NRAS and KIT mutations are scarce in patients with vulvo-vaginal melanomas and are associated with important therapeutic issues. We investigated their prevalence in a cohort of patients with female lower genital tract melanomas between 2003 and 2017. Of the 22 patients, 5 (22.7%) harboured a BRAF mutation, which was much higher than the rate of 5% reported in the literature. One patient, who was tested negative on the primary melanoma, had a NRAS mutation in a cutaneous metastasis. Our data provide a rationale for prospective and repeated mutations testing in female lower genital tract melanomas.
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Melanoma/genetics , Mutation , Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics , Vulvar Neoplasms/genetics , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , DNA Mutational Analysis , Female , Humans , Melanoma/pathology , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , Retrospective Studies , Skin Neoplasms/genetics , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , Vulva/pathology , Vulvar Neoplasms/pathology , Melanoma, Cutaneous MalignantSubject(s)
Crohn Disease/drug therapy , Dermatologic Agents/therapeutic use , Infliximab/therapeutic use , Vulvar Diseases/drug therapy , Adult , Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology , Crohn Disease/complications , Dermatologic Agents/adverse effects , Female , Humans , Infliximab/adverse effects , Treatment Outcome , Vulvar Diseases/etiologyABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Only a few studies have focused on the description of sexual well-being in patients with vulvar disease (VD). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that VD patients have an overall impaired sexual well-being that varies depending on the type of VD. STUDY DESIGN: An observational, prospective, single center and 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted in Nantes University Hospital (France). All new patients attending the specific consultation for VD between June 2011 and January 2013 were included. A control group was randomly selected from women who had a scheduled consultation for gynecologic follow-up. A validated French version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used. This self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all case and control women. VD was classified into 4 groups: inflammatory, (pre)malignant, infectious, and other VD. Descriptive statistics and multivariate mixed analyses were performed. RESULTS: Seventy-two VD patients and seventy-two control women completed the FSFI questionnaire. The median FSFI score was 21.1 in the VD patients versus 28.1 in the control patients. In the multivariate analysis, the FSFI score was significantly decreased by an average of 4.5 points (p=0.003) in the VD patients. On the FSFI subscores, VD had significant impacts on items related to "arousal", "pain", "lubrication", "satisfaction", and "desire". When comparing the VD groups, the total FSFI score seemed lower for (pre)malignant VD. CONCLUSION: This preliminary study showed that VD patients had an impaired sexual well-being.
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Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological/etiology , Sexuality , Vulvar Diseases/physiopathology , Vulvar Diseases/psychology , Adult , Case-Control Studies , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Personal Satisfaction , Prospective Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Vulvar Diseases/complicationsABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Few validated questionnaires are available in French to assess sexual function. The aim of this study was thus to validate a French version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in a sample of French women. METHODS: In this prospective monocentric and cross-sectional study, an already existing French version of the FSFI, was back-translated and compared to the original version. It was then randomly distributed to 800 women attending Gynecology consultation at Nantes University Hospital in April 2012. Various statistical analyzes were used to test the psychometric properties of the French FSFI. RESULTS: 512 questionnaires were completed. Mean FSFI summary score was 25.2. Intraclass correlation coefficients were superior to 0.75 and Cronbach's coefficients superior to 0.8 similarly to the original version. Variance analysis revealed significant differences in summary score between premenopausal and postmenopausal women and according to the marital status. Convergent validity was excellent (100%) and discriminant validity was satisfactory (89.5%). The factorial structure corresponded to the original version with six retrieved dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated similar or adequate psychometric properties of the French version of the FSFI compared to the original English version.
