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Chapter 7 - Lumps: Benign and Malignant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2023

Gayle Fischer  and
Jennifer Bradford
Gayle Fischer
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Jennifer Bradford
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney
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Summary

The vulva is part of the skin, therefore, many common lesions found on the skin are also found on the vulva. Some of these lesions can be found anywhere; others are very specific to female genital skin.

This is also true of malignancy: most malignant lesions of the vulva are skin cancers. However, when skin cancer occurs on the vulva, it may have a more serious prognosis than equivalent lesions found on the rest of the skin. Extra-mammary Paget’s disease is a specific vulval condition.

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The Vulva
A Practical Handbook for Clinicians
 , pp. 81 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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