ABSTRACT
We have compared some of the epidemiological and clinical data of 45 patients affected by Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) and of 42 patients affected by Invasive Vulvar Neoplasia who came to our observation between 1986 and 1991. We have evaluated and compared the average age in the two groups of patients, their vulvoscopic pictures and the symptomatology referred at the time of the patients' diagnosis.
Subject(s)
Carcinoma in Situ/epidemiology , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology , Vulvar Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Carcinoma in Situ/diagnosis , Carcinoma in Situ/pathology , Carcinoma, Papillary/epidemiology , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Female , Humans , Incidence , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Paget Disease, Extramammary/epidemiology , Vulvar Neoplasms/diagnosis , Vulvar Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
We observed 45 cases of Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) histologically diagnosed which came to our observation between 1986 and 1991. The average age of the patients and the grade of the VIN lesions were evaluated. We also examined the eventual association with Papillomavirus infection, with non-neoplastic epithelial disorders in the adjacent areas and with intraepithelial neoplasias of the cervix and/or the vagina (CIN and/or VAIN). These data were studied in relation to the vulvoscopic pictures and symptomatology presented by the patients at the moment of diagnosis.
