Lipschütz [corrected] ulcers--four cases

Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 May-Jun;25(3):364-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00684.x.

Abstract

A distinctive clinical entity of acute genital ulcers occurring in adolescents, with nonvenereal infectious etiology was described by Lipschütz in 1913. We describe four puberal virgin girls who developed fever and painful genital ulcers. The main causes infectious and noninfectious of ulceration were rejected. Although the etiology is unknown, recent cases related with Epstein-Barr virus acute infection have been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Bacillus / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Edema / etiology
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification
  • Ulcer / microbiology
  • Ulcer / pathology*
  • Vulva / pathology*
  • Vulvar Diseases / microbiology
  • Vulvar Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral