Abstract

SANHUEZA R, Pablo; YAKSIC B, Nicole  and  CHAHUAN I, Karina. VALOR DE LA BIOPSIA VULVAR EN EL DIAGNÓSTICO DE LIQUEN ESCLEROSO EN PACIENTES CON ALTERACIONES VULVARES CRÓNICAS. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. [online]. 2004, vol.69, n.3, pp. 199-202. ISSN 0717-7526.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-75262004000300003.

A prospective study is presented. A vulvar biopsy was carried out in patients with symptoms and/or chronic vulvar alterations of more than one year of evolution. We stands out the importance of the vulvar biopsy like a simple, cheap procedure and exempt of complications, vital in the diagnostic confirmation of lichen sclerosus

Keywords : Lichen sclerosus; vulva; biopsy.