Acute Lipschütz-Chapin vulvar ulcer
Background. Acute Lipschütz vulvar ulcer (ulcus vulvae acutum) is a rare disease that occurs mainly in girls and is manifested by single or multiple painful ulcers on the inner surface of the labia. This pathology should be differentiated from other genital erosive and ulcerative lesions, including sexually transmitted infections.Kuznetsova Yu.N., Zilberberg N.V., Kuklin I.A., Kuznetsova E.I.
Case report. The paper describes a clinical case of acute Lipschütz-Chapin vulvar ulcer in a 14-year-old patient who was misdiagnosed as having herpesvirus infection.
Conclusion. The characteristic clinical manifestations of the disease make it possible to timely make an accurate diagnosis, to initiate treatment, and to conduct high-quality rehabilitation.
Keywords
acute vulvar ulcer
genital erosive and ulcerative lesions
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Received 17.05.2018
Accepted 22.06.2018
About the Authors
Kuznetsova, Yulia N., МD, associate Professor, leading researcher, Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology.620076, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Shcherbakova str. 8. Tel.: +73432183371, +79086302600. E-mail: kjn@mail.ru
Zilberberg, Natalya V., МD, Professor, Deputy Director for Science, Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology.
620076, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Shcherbakova str. 8. Tel.: +73432189570, +79826239138. E-mail: zilberberg@mail.ru
Kuklin, Igor A., candidate of medical sciences, associate professor, senior researcher of scientific clinical Department of dermatology, Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology. 620076, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Shcherbakova str. 8. Tel.: +73432188954. E-mail: kuklin71@mail.ru
Kuznetsova, Ekaterina I., the student of the group number 604 of General medicine faculty, Ural State Medical University.
620028, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Repina str. 3. Tel.: +79086303001. E-mail: kksk9@rambler.ru
For citations: Kuznetsova Yu.N., Zilberberg N.V., Kuklin I.A., Kuznetsova E.I. Acute Lipschütz-Chapin vulvar ulcer. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018; (10): 148-51. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2018.10.148-151
