Vulval Crohn’s disease
Natalie Edmiston A , Catriona Ooi A D , Geoffrey Otton B and Michael Boyle C
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A Pacific Clinic, Level 2, 670 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.
B PO Box 5, Lambton, NSW 2299, Australia.
C John Hunter Hospital, Lookout Road, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: catriona.ooi@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Sexual Health 6(1) 87-89 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH08059
Submitted: 31 July 2008 Accepted: 31 December 2008 Published: 23 February 2009
Abstract
We report a case of vulval Crohn’s disease, the diagnosis of which was complicated by the presence of sexually transmissible infections.
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