Juniper Publishers Gynecology and Women’s Health

  JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH                               Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers Authored by  A Kovaleva* Abstract Lipschütz ulcer is a rare cause of vulvar ulcerous diseases and it is often underdiagnosed, probably because of the lack of knowledge about this diagnosis. The aim of this article is to review the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis and management of this entity. Keywords: Lipschütz ulcer; Epstein-Barr virus; Pain Introduction Lipschütz ulcer is an entity that occurs in sexually inactive young women. The typical presentation in the emergency department is a healthy teenage girl with a first episode of painful vulvar lesion preceded, generally, by a flu-like syndrome a few days before. Discussion Lipschütz ulcer was firstly described in 1912 by Benjamin Lipschütz, and