Diagnosis and treatment of tumor-like lesions of the vulva
- Authors: Zharov A.V.1, Slashcheva M.V.1, Kolesnikova E.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Kuban State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Issue: No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 164-170
- Section: Guidelines for the Practitioner
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0300-9092/article/view/685496
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/aig.2024.324
- ID: 685496
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Abstract
The article presents a review of the literature and a series of clinical observations of rare tumor-like lesions of the vulva, including pyogenic granuloma, steatocystoma multiplex, steatocystoma multiplex in combination with Paget’s disease, cystic lymphangioma and melanosis.
The article provides a description of the history and clinical picture of the diseases, complaints, type of pathological focus in the vulva area, with particular emphasis on the key clinical characteristics required for the timely diagnosis of the disease.
Patients with rare tumor-like lesions of the vulva are often observed by gynecologists for long periods of time and are administered inappropriate conservative therapy, while in most cases surgical treatment is required. On the other hand, it is frequently observed that doctors perform surgery in situations where there is no indication for it or where it is performed inadequately.
Conclusion: To improve early diagnosis and timely adequate treatment of patients with rare tumor-like lesions of the vulva, it is necessary to analyze the clinical experience and the data obtained from international clinical observations, to accumulate knowledge, to classify it and to publish it in the specialised medical literature.
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Alexander V. Zharov
Kuban State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: Zharov.1966@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5460-5959
Dr. Med. Sci., Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the FPC and PPP
Russian Federation, 350063, Krasnodar, Sedin str., 4Marina V. Slashcheva
Kuban State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: Marina98@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-4047-1408
PhD student at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the FPC and PPP
Russian Federation, 350063, Krasnodar, Sedin str., 4Ekaterina V. Kolesnikova
Kuban State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: Jokagyno@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6537-2572
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the FPC and PPP
Russian Federation, 350063, Krasnodar, Sedin str., 4References
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