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Ulcus Vulvae Acutum

An acute vulvar ulcer was diagnosed based on a case history of a 17-year-old girl with genital ulcers. No relevant causative factors could be established. The gangrenous form of the disease, cutaneous anergy, and the cultured anaerobic pathogens suggested the possibility of an infectious pathogenesis.


 

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