Book contents
- The Vulva
- The Vulva
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Glossary
- Chapter 1 The Basics
- Chapter 2 Using Topical Steroids on the Vulva
- Chapter 3 Red Vulval Rashes
- Chapter 4 Things That Look White
- Chapter 5 Things That Ulcerate, Blister and Erode
- Chapter 6 Persistent Vaginitis
- Chapter 7 Lumps: Benign and Malignant
- Chapter 8 Vulval Pain and Dyspareunia
- Chapter 9 Vulval Disease in Children
- Chapter 10 Myths and Pearls
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Lumps: Benign and Malignant
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2023
- The Vulva
- The Vulva
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Glossary
- Chapter 1 The Basics
- Chapter 2 Using Topical Steroids on the Vulva
- Chapter 3 Red Vulval Rashes
- Chapter 4 Things That Look White
- Chapter 5 Things That Ulcerate, Blister and Erode
- Chapter 6 Persistent Vaginitis
- Chapter 7 Lumps: Benign and Malignant
- Chapter 8 Vulval Pain and Dyspareunia
- Chapter 9 Vulval Disease in Children
- Chapter 10 Myths and Pearls
- Index
- References
Summary
The vulva is part of the skin, therefore, many common lesions found on the skin are also found on the vulva. Some of these lesions can be found anywhere; others are very specific to female genital skin.
This is also true of malignancy: most malignant lesions of the vulva are skin cancers. However, when skin cancer occurs on the vulva, it may have a more serious prognosis than equivalent lesions found on the rest of the skin. Extra-mammary Paget’s disease is a specific vulval condition.
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- The VulvaA Practical Handbook for Clinicians, pp. 81 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023