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Pruritus vulvae

MedGen UID:
46174
•Concept ID:
C0033778
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Pruritus Vulvae
SNOMED CT: Pruritus of vulva (67882000); Itching of vulva (67882000); Pruritus vulvae (67882000); Vulval itching (67882000)
 
HPO: HP:0032004

Definition

A sensation of itching in the vulvar region. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPruritus vulvae

Professional guidelines

PubMed

An approach to the treatment of anogenital pruritus.
Weichert GE
Dermatol Ther 2004;17(1):129-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04013.x. PMID: 14756897
Investigation and treatment of vaginal discharge and pruritus vulvae.
Chan L
Singapore Med J 1989 Oct;30(5):471-2. PMID: 2617301
"WHITE" VULVAL LESIONS: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
HYMAN AB, FALK HC
Postgrad Med 1963 Dec;34:567-71. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1963.11694942. PMID: 14105626

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

History of Abuse in Women With Vulvar Pruritus, Vulvodynia, and Asymptomatic Controls.
Cohen-Sacher B, Haefner HK, Dalton VK, Berger MB
J Low Genit Tract Dis 2015 Jul;19(3):248-52. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000075. PMID: 26111040Free PMC Article
New concepts in vulvodynia.
Edwards L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003 Sep;189(3 Suppl):S24-30. doi: 10.1067/s0002-9378(03)00790-7. PMID: 14532900
Vulvar disease.
Foster DC
Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jul;100(1):145-63. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(02)02080-x. PMID: 12100817
Pruritus vulvae in prepubertal children.
Paek SC, Merritt DF, Mallory SB
J Am Acad Dermatol 2001 May;44(5):795-802. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2001.112578. PMID: 11312427
Vulval dystrophies: new approaches.
Lavery HA
Clin Obstet Gynaecol 1984 Apr;11(1):155-69. PMID: 6370531

Diagnosis

Vulvar pruritus-Causes, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Approach.
Woelber L, Prieske K, Mendling W, Schmalfeldt B, Tietz HJ, Jaeger A
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020 Feb 21;116(8):126-133. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0126. PMID: 32181734Free PMC Article
Vulvar itch.
Alani A, McDonald L, Abdelrahman W, Hunter HL
BMJ 2019 Feb 7;364:l83. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l83. PMID: 30733221
Female Genital Itch.
Savas JA, Pichardo RO
Dermatol Clin 2018 Jul;36(3):225-243. Epub 2018 Apr 26 doi: 10.1016/j.det.2018.02.006. PMID: 29929595
Vulval itch.
Welsh B, Howard A, Cook K
Aust Fam Physician 2004 Jul;33(7):505-10. PMID: 15301167
Vulvar disease.
Foster DC
Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jul;100(1):145-63. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(02)02080-x. PMID: 12100817

Therapy

Vulvar itch.
Alani A, McDonald L, Abdelrahman W, Hunter HL
BMJ 2019 Feb 7;364:l83. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l83. PMID: 30733221
Itch in Special Skin Locations Management.
Misery L
Curr Probl Dermatol 2016;50:111-5. Epub 2016 Aug 23 doi: 10.1159/000446051. PMID: 27578079
Vulval itch.
Welsh B, Howard A, Cook K
Aust Fam Physician 2004 Jul;33(7):505-10. PMID: 15301167
Vulvar dystrophies.
Soper JT, Creasman WT
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1986 Jun;29(2):431-9. doi: 10.1097/00003081-198606000-00023. PMID: 3720066
Steroid addiction.
Kligman AM, Frosch PJ
Int J Dermatol 1979 Jan-Feb;18(1):23-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1979.tb01905.x. PMID: 153891

Prognosis

Anogenital Swelling in a Teenager.
Lynch M, Byrne B, Ramsay B
Pediatr Dermatol 2016 Sep;33(5):553-4. doi: 10.1111/pde.12921. PMID: 27595873
An approach to the treatment of anogenital pruritus.
Weichert GE
Dermatol Ther 2004;17(1):129-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04013.x. PMID: 14756897
New concepts in vulvodynia.
Edwards L
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003 Sep;189(3 Suppl):S24-30. doi: 10.1067/s0002-9378(03)00790-7. PMID: 14532900
Vulvar disease.
Foster DC
Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jul;100(1):145-63. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(02)02080-x. PMID: 12100817
The pharmacology of gynaecology.
Tothill A
Practitioner 1980 Sep;224(1347):887-90. PMID: 7443623

Clinical prediction guides

A randomized clinical study of the treatment of white lesions of the vulva with a fractional ultrapulsed CO2 laser.
Zhang L, Lai Y, Wan T, Zhou B, Qiang X, Ge S, Zhang K, Mao Z
Ann Palliat Med 2020 Jul;9(4):2229-2236. doi: 10.21037/apm-20-1085. PMID: 32762229
History of Abuse in Women With Vulvar Pruritus, Vulvodynia, and Asymptomatic Controls.
Cohen-Sacher B, Haefner HK, Dalton VK, Berger MB
J Low Genit Tract Dis 2015 Jul;19(3):248-52. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000075. PMID: 26111040Free PMC Article
Multiple localized epidermolytic acanthomas of the vulva associated with vulvar pruritus: a case report.
Hijazi MM, Succaria F, Ghosn S
Am J Dermatopathol 2015 Apr;37(4):e49-52. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000101. PMID: 25051105
Determining the cause of vulvovaginal symptoms.
Farage MA, Miller KW, Ledger WJ
Obstet Gynecol Surv 2008 Jul;63(7):445-64. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e318172ee25. PMID: 18559121
Vulvar syringoma, report of a case and review of the literature.
Miranda JJ, Shahabi S, Salih S, Bahtiyar OM
Yale J Biol Med 2002 Jul-Aug;75(4):207-10. PMID: 12784970Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

A review of the traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and clinical evidence for the use of the genus Alchemilla (Rosaceae).
Jakimiuk K, Tomczyk M
J Ethnopharmacol 2024 Feb 10;320:117439. Epub 2023 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117439. PMID: 37981119

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