vulvitis
(vәl-viĀ“tis)
inflammation of the vulva.
erosive vulvitis
vulvitis due to a mixed microbial infection in which gangrenous ulcerations similar to the lesions seen in noma of the oral
tissues affect the labia majora pudendi.
plasma cell vulvitis
, vulvitis plasmocellularis
the counterpart of balanitis circumscripta plasmocellularis in women, in which the vulva has a lacquerlike appearance; erosions,
punctate hemorrhage, synechiae, and a slate- to ochre-colored pigmentation may supervene.

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