What is Vulvar Pathology?

Vulvar Pathology
(a) Wide red area extending mainly on the left side of the vulva in a 65-year-old woman with Paget's disease. (b) Representative example of Paget's disease biopsy specimen showing many glandular neoplastic cells with clear cytoplasm present singly or in small nests within the epidermis. Vulvar skin disorders throughout lifetime: about some representative dermatoses. Doyen J, Demoulin S, Delbecque K, Goffin F, Kridelka F, Delvenne P - BioMed research international (2014). Not Altered. CC.

Vulva pathology is the disease of the vulva which includes infections such as yeast infection or the sexually transmitted infectious diseases. 

Examples of vulvar pathology include:

  • Bartholin cyst
  • Benign epithelial disorders of the vulva
  • Benign exophytic lesions of the vulva
  • Neoplastic squamous lesions of the vulva
  • Neoplastic glandular lesions of the vulva