BACKGROUND The vulva is skin, and it is helpful to approach vulval conditions from a dermatological perspective. The vulva is affected by the same dermatoses as the rest of the skin, but modified in appearance by special influences. OBJECTIVE This article will outline an approach to the diagnosis and management of vulval dermatoses. DISCUSSION Vulval disorders present as infections, rashes ...

neurofibromatosis being manifested as scrotal elephantiasis is a very rare condition and in review of the literature no such presentation was found. here we report a 20 year old man who presented with scrotal elephantiasis and consequently, a pathological diagnosis of neurofibromatosis was reached.

an early mpjfcality of twenty-seven per cent, in sixty-one cases of operation for Scrotal Elephantiasis reported by Fayrer Oh" referring to my published record of these cases, I obsor-ve that the total number of cases operated upon during, .the yea-s, 1859 to 1871 amounted to 193, of which 35, or a fraction over 18 per cent., proved fatal. This is befit'dr than represented by Koch's, as above q...

AIMS To detect the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in cases of vulval carcinoma in Chinese patients living in Hong Kong. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded blocks from eight cases of vulval carcinoma and six age matched controls of non-neoplastic vulval tissue were analysed for the presence of EBV DNA using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS EBV DNA was detected in...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The study was aimed at determining the prevalence and intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia in a high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria, and ascertaining the prevalence of clinical signs and symptoms associated with the filarial infections. METHODS Thick smear of 50 μl finger-prick blood collected at night between 2200 and 0200 hrs from consenting pe...