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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2023

Vulvar lichen planus-induced vulvovaginal stenosis: A case report and review of the literature.

Meghan R Chow, Navjeet Gill, Fatmah Alzahrani, S Nan Schuurmans, Marlene T Dytoc

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Vulvar lichen planus a retrospective analysis.Archives of dermatological research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Meghan R ChowDivision of Dermatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Navjeet GillDivision of Dermatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Fatmah AlzahraniDivision of Dermatology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5098-9879
S Nan SchuurmansDivision of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Marlene T DytocDivision of Dermatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAPhoenix Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors report a case of vulvar lichen planus-induced vulvovaginal stenosis along with a review of the current literature. The authors outline a case of a patient with biopsy-proven vulvar lichen planus who subsequently developed a vulvovaginal stenosis. Treatment was initiated with clobetasol ointment, oral prednisone, later transitioned to oral methotrexate and clobetasol, and then switched to acitretin. Collaboration with the patient's family physician and the hypertension clinic has been sought to remove medications associated with lichenoid reactions from the patient's regimen. Review of literature was conducted through Ovid MEDLINE. Only six cases of vulvar lichen planus-induced vulvovaginal stenosis had been found, suggesting the relative rarity of this severe disease presentation. The patient has achieved control with her current regimen, as well as some clinical improvement of the resulting vaginal stenosis. Vulvovaginal stenosis can be induced by vulvar lichen planus, and its management requires a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach.

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lichen planuspathologic constrictionvaginal diseasesVulvar diseases

Identifiers

PMID37009551
PMCPMC10064522
OpenAlexW4361800063

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