Vieira-Baptista P, Lima-Silva J, Pérez-López FR, Preti M, Bornstein J. Vulvodynia: A disease commonly hidden in plain sight.
Case Rep Womens Health 2018;
20:e00079. [PMID:
30245974 PMCID:
PMC6142188 DOI:
10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00079]
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Abstract
•Vulvodynia affects at least 6% of women, and can be found at any age and in all ethnic groups.•The diagnosis is one of exclusion but is very often missed.•Women with vulvodynia are frequently misdiagnosed as having vaginismus.•Failure to make the diagnosis often leads to irrelevant or deleterious examinations and treatments.
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