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Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is a rare and slow-growing cancer, which occurs within the epithelial tissues [1] and accounts for 6.5% of all Paget's disease. [2] This disease presents similarly to the more conventional form of mammary Paget's disease (MPD). [ 3 ]
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) refers to particular changes that can occur in the skin that covers the vulva. VIN is an intraepithelial neoplasia , and can disappear without treatment. VINs are benign but if the changes become more severe, there is a chance of cancer developing after many years, and so it is referred to as a ...
Other cancerous lesions in the differential diagnosis include Paget's disease of the vulva and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN). Non-cancerous vulvar diseases include lichen sclerosus , squamous cell hyperplasia , and vulvar vestibulitis .
Vulvar cancer accounts for about 5% of all gynecological cancers and typically affects women in later life. Five-year survival rates in the United States are around 70%. [1] Symptoms of vulvar cancer include itching, a lump or sore on the vulva which does not heal and/or grows larger, and sometimes discomfort/pain/swelling in the vulval area.
The diagnosis of anogenital papillary hidradenoma lesions, while often suggested based on their clinical presentations, must be differentiated from a wide range of other similarly presenting anogenital lesions such as hemorrhoidal disease, anorectal abscesses, virus-related wart-like lesions, sebaceous cysts, mucous cysts, lipomas ...
Dermetological diseases: lichen sclerosus, lichen planus; Neoplasm: Paget's disease, vulvar carcinoma; Neurologic disorder: neuralgia secondary to herpes virus, spinal nerve injury, [23] pudendal nerve entrapment; In recent years, diagnostic algorithms for the diagnosis of the various sub-types of and causes of vulvar pain have been developed ...
The disorder is rare and generally has no symptoms. [2] VAIN can be detected by the presence of abnormal cells in a Papanicolaou test (Pap smear). [2] Like cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, VAIN comes in three stages, VAIN 1, 2, and 3. [3]
Squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina is a potentially invasive type of cancer that forms in the tissues of the vagina.Though uncommonly diagnosed, squamous cell cancer of the vagina (SCCV) is the most common type of vaginal cancer, accounting for 80-90% of cases as well as 2% of all gynecological cancers.