[Vulvar pathology]
(East. Mediterr. health j).
in French
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ABSTRACT
We evaluated the main causes of vulvar dermatoses; in 785 patients with a vulvar diseases who visited Ibn Rochd Hospital Centre, Casablanca between January 1991 and December 2002. The average age was 31 years [range 2 months to 81 years]; 362 patients [41.52%] had vulvar pruritus, 273 patients [34.77%] had warts and 157 [20%] had one or more vulva ulcers. The most common infectious pathology was papillomavirus infection, found in 273 cases [34.77%], followed by vulvovaginal candidiases in 102 cases [12.99%], syphilitic chancre in 18 cases [2.29%] and herpes genitalis in 17 cases [2.16%]. The most common non-infectious pathology was vulvar dermatosis 259 cases [32.99%]; idiopathic pruritus vulvae 61 cases [7.7%]; and tumour-related conditions 45 cases [5.6%]. The frequency of infectious conditions was over 50% and these were generally sexually transmitted infections
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Main subject:
Pruritus
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Skin Diseases
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Skin Ulcer
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Vulvar Diseases
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Child, Preschool
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Population Surveillance
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Causality
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Retrospective Studies
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Age Distribution
Language:
French
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2002