Special Issues in Genital Dermatology: Psychosexual Matters, Concerns of Immunosuppression, and Aging Peter Lynch Libby Edwards PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES Although the situation is improving slowly, discussion about genital disorders and their…
Pediatric Genital Disease Libby Edwards Genital complaints produce anxiety in patients generally, with fears of malignancy, sexual functioning, fertility, and sexually transmitted diseases. Genital symptoms and abnormalities in children are…
Pigmented Disorders Peter J. Lynch Pigmented lesions are present on the skin of the genitalia in approximately 10% to 12% of women and a slightly smaller proportion of men. The…
Vaginitis and Balanitis Libby Edwards Vaginitis and balanitis are nonspecific terms that refer to inflammation of the vagina or the glans penis. Because these epithelial surfaces are variably moist (in…
Skin-Colored Lesions Peter J. Lynch “Skin colored” refers to those lesions whose color is of the same hue as the patient’s surrounding normal skin. Thus, in a darkly pigmented person,…
White Lesions Sallie M. Neill Skin pigmentation depends on melanin-containing melanosomes produced by melanocytes. Variation in pigmentation is due to differences in melanocyte numbers and to the numbers and size…
Erosive and Vesiculobullous Diseases Libby Edwards The various erosive and blistering disorders are often morphologically indistinguishable when occurring on genital skin. Blisters are skin lesions that are filled with fluid….
Yellow and Pustular Lesions Libby Edwards Yellow lesions primarily result from purulent material. These can occur as intact pustules, or as yellow crusting, when pustules rupture. On occasion, desquamated, hydrated…
Red Papules and Nodules Peter J. Lynch Genital disorders that present as red papules or nodules are most often either neoplasms or inflammatory lesions. Vascular neoplasms present as bright red,…
