Benign persistent papular acantholytic and dyskeratotic eruption of the vulva: a case report

Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2000 Oct;19(4):374-6. doi: 10.1097/00004347-200010000-00013.

Abstract

We report a case of 44-year-old woman with persistent pruritic papules on the left and right labium majus of the vulva. Histopathologic examination of the vulvar biopsy specimen revealed a suprabasal separation of the epidermis with acantholysis and dyskeratosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acantholysis / immunology
  • Acantholysis / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Skin Diseases / immunology
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*
  • Vulvar Diseases / immunology
  • Vulvar Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M