Vuvlar Dz Flashcards
Dx:
Acute: red, swelling, white plaques, itchy
Chronic: thin, wrinkle white skin, labia fused
Lichen Sclerosus
Tx: antihistamines, steroids
Dx: Benign epithelial thickening f/ chronic irritation. DERMAL layer spared
Vulvar Lichen Simplex Chronicus
Thinning epidermis, reveals capillaries, vasodilator due to inflammation, secondary to psoriasis, candidiasis, SLE
Red lesions
increased # of melanin/pigment
Dark lesions
Dx: Prodrome of tingling, burring, itching, flu sx, painful ulcer, red halo “serpentine-like”
Genital Herps
Gold standard to dx Herps
Viral Cx
Dx: painless, white papula growths “cauliflower” painful
sm tumor: condyloma acuminatum (warts)
What is the HM of HPV infection
Koilocytosis
Dx: Pain, “fluctuant mass” pain w/ walking, dyspareuna, tender, edema
lg tumor: bartholin’s duct cyst and abscess
Dx: puritis, mass, bleeding, pain, post wall upper 1/3 vagina
Vulva CA
90% of vulva CA is _____ cell
squamous
Dx: itchy, white, “cottage cheese” red, burring satellite lesions
Candidiasis
Dx: fishy d/c white, grey, frothy and thin, itchy
BV
Diagnostic criteria for BV
3/4 need to be met:
- homo white/grey adherent d/c
- pH >4.5
- +whiff test
- CLUE CELLS on Wet Mount
Dx: purulent, thin, green, frothy, foul smelling, spotting after sex …..”strawberry spots”
Trichomonas +WHIFF