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Farhat Khan1, Akansha Chadha1, Chitra Nayak1
1Department of Dermatology, Byl Nair Ch. Hospital and TNMC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
Vulvar vestibular papillomatosis (VP) is considered a normal anatomical variant of the vulva. We present a 19-year-old girl with a history of "small itchy growths" on the vulva for 2 months without any associated discharge. These lesions were causing significant anxiety to the patient. Cutaneous examination revealed multiple, uniformly arranged, skin-colored, monomorphic micropapillae on the inner aspect of the labia minora. Biopsy showed mucosal hyperplasia with papillomatosis and loosely arranged subdermal tissue, no koilocytes were spotted. The diagnosis of vulvar VP was made. We want to highlight this clinical entity as most dermatologists are not familiar with this benign condition and easily confuse it with genital warts. This inexperience may result in unnecessary investigations causing psychological discomfort to the patient. We herein present such a case which brings out the diagnostic dilemma.
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