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Vulvodynia: A disease commonly hidden in plain sight

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00079

2214-9112

Pedro Vieira‐Baptista, Joana Lima‐Silva, Faustino R. Pérez‐López, Mario Preti, Jacob Bornstein,

Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research

•Vulvodynia affects at least 6% of women, and can be found at any age and in all ethnic groups.•The diagnosis is one of exclusion but is very often missed.•Women with vulvodynia are frequently misdiagnosed as having vaginismus.•Failure to make the diagnosis often leads to irrelevant or deleterious examinations and treatments.