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Re: Lichen Sclerosus From: rbraun@iupui.edu Wed Feb 4 05:39:09 1998 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: rbraun@iupui.edu: "Re: A Case of Uterine Rupture" Previous message: rbraun@iupui.edu: "Re: OB: Pre-eclampsia case" In reply to: Catalin Popescu: "Re: Lichen Sclerosus" Right Kraurosis is a clinical description fo a shrunken vulva which is caused by LSA. However, you can not make the diagnosis of Kraurosis with the microscope, only by looking at the vulva. It is a clinical diagnosis, not a histologic diagnosis. R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Catalin Popescu wrote: > It is possible that there is a misinterpetation of the terms here. I > agree that LSA can occur without kraurosis, but I ignore if there are > other causes of kraurosis apart from LSA (in dermatological textbooks > I wasn't able to find other causes and I don't have vulvar texts). If > such other causes exists, then yes, you are right, the 2 terms are > different; if not, then kraurosis is only a special clinical form of > LSA (so all kraurosis are LSA, but not all LSA of vulva means > kraurosis). > > Catalin Popescu > Dermatologist > > On Tue, 3 Feb 1998 rbraun@iupui.edu wrote: > > > I was taught that some people held that incorrect view of this problem. I > > do not have any vulvar texts in my office at present so I can't give a > > reference. I am sure that Woddruff's text and Gardener's text on the vulva > > oth state that Kraurosis is the clinical syndrome of shrinkage and > > wasting of the vulva, which is usually caused by L,S, & A. L,S,&A occurs > > without Kraurosis. Therefore there is a diference in the two. > > > > R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG > > > > On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Catalin Popescu wrote: > > > > > > Kraurosis vulvae is used as a synonym for lichen sclerosus et atrophicus > > > of the vulva (at least in dermatological textbooks). The first reference > > > which comes into my hand is: > > > > > > Lever WF, Schaumburg-Lever G. Histopathology of the skin, JB Lipincott > > > Company, 7th edition 1990, pg 310. > > > > > > "Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the vulva, also referred to as > > > kraurosis vulvae...." (pg 310). > > > > > > but I think I saw the same definition in well-known textbooks of > > > dermatology as Fitzpatrick's or Rook's. > > > > Next message: rbraun@iupui.edu: "Re: A Case of Uterine Rupture" Previous message: rbraun@iupui.edu: "Re: OB: Pre-eclampsia case" In reply to: Catalin Popescu: "Re: Lichen Sclerosus"

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