Retrospective histopathologic reevaluation of 18 cases of plasma cell vulvitis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-7

  Virgili, Annarosa ^a   Levratti, Arianna ^b   Marzola, Andrea ^b   Corazza, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Plasma cell vulvitis; Plasma cells; Vulvar diseases; Vulvitis

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL VULVITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VULVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULVITIS;

EID: 12344332238     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Yoganathan S, Bohl T, Mason G: Plasma cell balanitis and vulvitis (of zoon). J Reprod Med 1994;39:939-944
2. Bowen ML, Molyneux AJ, Bibby JG: Zoon's vulvitis: A case report. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 1997;8:43-45
3. Neill S: K. Reddy et al.'s case report on a rare case of plasma cell vulvitis (Zoon's vulvitis). J Obstet Gynecol 2002;22:230
4. Pelisse M: The vulvo-vaginal-gingival syndrome: A new form of erosive lichen planus. Int J Dermatol 1989;28:381-384
5. Kirkham N: Balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis. In Lever's Histopathology of the Skin. Eighth edition. Edited by DE Elder, R Elenitsas, C Jaworsky, et al. Philadelphia, JB Lippincott-Raven, 1997, pp 710-711
6. White JW, Olsen KD, Banks PM: Plasma cell orificial mucositis. Arch Dermatol 1986;122:1321-1324
7. Souteyrand P, Wong E, MacDonald DM: Zoon's balanitis (balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis). Br J Dermatol 1981;105:195-199
8. Scurry J, Dennerstein G, Brenan J, et al: Vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis: A clinicopathologic entity? J Reprod Med 1993;38:14-18
9. Salopek TG, Siminoski K: Vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis (Zoon's vulvitis) associated with autoimmune polyglandular endocrine failure. Br J Dermatol 1996;135:991-994
10. Retamar RA, Kien MC, Chouela EN: Zoon's balanitis: Presentation of 15 patients, five treated with a carbon dioxide laser. Int J Dermatol 2003;42: 305-307
11. Woodruff JD, Sussman J, Shakfeh S: Vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis. J Reprod Med 1989;34:369-372
12. Robinson JB, Im DD, Simmons-O'Brien E, et al: Etretinate: Therapy for plasma cell vulvitis. Obstet Gynecol 1998;92:706