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[Acute vulvar pain after covid-19]
Lise A J Kusters1,2, Mirthe A J M Van Erp1, Eline A E M Reynaers1
1Amphia ziekenhuis, afd. Gynaecologie, Breda.
Abstract:
This case describes a 36-year-old woman who presents with acute painful ulcers of the vulva four days after a covid-19 infection. Extensive additional examination ruled out sexually transmitted diseases and auto-immune diseases, leaving acute vulvar ulcers, triggered by a covid-19 infection, as likely diagnosis. The ulcers healed spontaneously without scarring.
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