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Vulvodynia

MedGen UID:
96066
Concept ID:
C0406670
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Pain of vulva; Vulval pain; Vulvar pain; vulvodynia
SNOMED CT: Vulval pain (162145001); Pain of vulva (162145001); Vulvodynia (238968009)
 
HPO: HP:0030943
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021722

Definition

Pain in the vulvar area [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVulvodynia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Schlaeger JM, Glayzer JE, Villegas-Downs M, Li H, Glayzer EJ, He Y, Takayama M, Yajima H, Takakura N, Kobak WH, McFarlin BL
J Midwifery Womens Health 2023 Jan;68(1):9-34. Epub 2022 Dec 19 doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13456. PMID: 36533637Free PMC Article
van Reijn-Baggen DA, Han-Geurts IJM, Voorham-van der Zalm PJ, Pelger RCM, Hagenaars-van Miert CHAC, Laan ETM
Sex Med Rev 2022 Apr;10(2):209-230. Epub 2021 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2021.03.002. PMID: 34127429
Wallace SL, Miller LD, Mishra K
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2019 Dec;31(6):485-493. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000584. PMID: 31609735

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

van Reijn-Baggen DA, Han-Geurts IJM, Voorham-van der Zalm PJ, Pelger RCM, Hagenaars-van Miert CHAC, Laan ETM
Sex Med Rev 2022 Apr;10(2):209-230. Epub 2021 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2021.03.002. PMID: 34127429
Hill DA, Taylor CA
Am Fam Physician 2021 May 15;103(10):597-604. PMID: 33983001
Wines N, Willsteed E
Australas J Dermatol 2001 Aug;42(3):149-8; quiz 159. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00524.x. PMID: 11488706
Davis GD, Hutchison CV
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1999 Jun;42(2):221-33. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199906000-00007. PMID: 10370843
Turner ML, Marinoff SC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 Oct;165(4 Pt 2):1233-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(12)90733-4. PMID: 1951579

Diagnosis

J Midwifery Womens Health 2023 Jan;68(1):153-154. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13469. PMID: 36754855
Schlaeger JM, Glayzer JE, Villegas-Downs M, Li H, Glayzer EJ, He Y, Takayama M, Yajima H, Takakura N, Kobak WH, McFarlin BL
J Midwifery Womens Health 2023 Jan;68(1):9-34. Epub 2022 Dec 19 doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13456. PMID: 36533637Free PMC Article
Hill DA, Taylor CA
Am Fam Physician 2021 May 15;103(10):597-604. PMID: 33983001
Bergeron S, Reed BD, Wesselmann U, Bohm-Starke N
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Apr 30;6(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0164-2. PMID: 32355269
Stein SL
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2013 Dec;42(4):785-800. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2013.08.005. PMID: 24280400

Therapy

Schlaeger JM, Glayzer JE, Villegas-Downs M, Li H, Glayzer EJ, He Y, Takayama M, Yajima H, Takakura N, Kobak WH, McFarlin BL
J Midwifery Womens Health 2023 Jan;68(1):9-34. Epub 2022 Dec 19 doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13456. PMID: 36533637Free PMC Article
van Reijn-Baggen DA, Han-Geurts IJM, Voorham-van der Zalm PJ, Pelger RCM, Hagenaars-van Miert CHAC, Laan ETM
Sex Med Rev 2022 Apr;10(2):209-230. Epub 2021 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2021.03.002. PMID: 34127429
Bergeron S, Reed BD, Wesselmann U, Bohm-Starke N
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Apr 30;6(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0164-2. PMID: 32355269
Goldstein AT, Pukall CF, Brown C, Bergeron S, Stein A, Kellogg-Spadt S
J Sex Med 2016 Apr;13(4):572-90. Epub 2016 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.01.020. PMID: 27045258
Turner ML, Marinoff SC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 Oct;165(4 Pt 2):1233-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(12)90733-4. PMID: 1951579

Prognosis

Mitchell CM
Obstet Gynecol 2024 Dec 1;144(6):765-781. Epub 2024 Jul 11 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005673. PMID: 38991218
Ben-Aroya Z, Edwards L
Semin Cutan Med Surg 2015 Dec;34(4):192-8. doi: 10.12788/j.sder.2015.0181. PMID: 26650698
Howard HS
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2012 Sep-Oct;41(5):692-702. Epub 2012 Aug 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2012.01405.x. PMID: 22862298
Reed BD
Am Fam Physician 2006 Apr 1;73(7):1231-8. PMID: 16623211
Byth JL
Australas J Dermatol 1998 Aug;39(3):139-48; quiz 149-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01270.x. PMID: 9737039

Clinical prediction guides

Murina F, Recalcati D, Di Francesco S, Cetin I
Med Sci (Basel) 2023 Aug 2;11(3) doi: 10.3390/medsci11030048. PMID: 37606427Free PMC Article
Worman RS, Stafford RE, Cowley D, Prudencio CB, Hodges PW
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023 Jun;228(6):657-674.e91. Epub 2022 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.027. PMID: 37272325
Santangelo G, Ruggiero G, Murina F, Di Donato V, Perniola G, Palaia I, Fischetti M, Casorelli A, Giannini A, Di Dio C, Muzii L, Benedetti Panici P, Bogani G
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2023 Nov;163(2):510-520. Epub 2023 May 8 doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14815. PMID: 37154479
van Reijn-Baggen DA, Han-Geurts IJM, Voorham-van der Zalm PJ, Pelger RCM, Hagenaars-van Miert CHAC, Laan ETM
Sex Med Rev 2022 Apr;10(2):209-230. Epub 2021 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2021.03.002. PMID: 34127429
Connor JJ, Haviland M, Brady SS, Robinson BBE, Harlow BL
J Sex Marital Ther 2020;46(6):589-598. Epub 2020 May 28 doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2020.1766611. PMID: 32460678Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Worman RS, Stafford RE, Cowley D, Prudencio CB, Hodges PW
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023 Jun;228(6):657-674.e91. Epub 2022 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.027. PMID: 37272325
Bohm-Starke N, Ramsay KW, Lytsy P, Nordgren B, Sjöberg I, Moberg K, Flink I
J Sex Med 2022 May;19(5):789-808. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.02.008. PMID: 35331660
Liang AL, Gingher EL, Coleman JS
Obstet Gynecol 2022 Feb 1;139(2):287-296. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004656. PMID: 35104069
van Reijn-Baggen DA, Han-Geurts IJM, Voorham-van der Zalm PJ, Pelger RCM, Hagenaars-van Miert CHAC, Laan ETM
Sex Med Rev 2022 Apr;10(2):209-230. Epub 2021 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2021.03.002. PMID: 34127429
Stein A, Sauder SK, Reale J
Sex Med Rev 2019 Jan;7(1):46-56. Epub 2018 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2018.09.003. PMID: 30503726

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