Journals / Ankara Medical Journal / 2026 / Cilt: 19 Sayı: 2

Acute Genital Ulcers in a Virgin Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hüseyin Çivici(SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, CERRAHİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, KADIN HASTALIKLARI VE DOĞUM ANABİLİM DALI)
Pages
439–444
Publication Date
2019-06-28
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The aim of this article is to present a case of acute genital ulcer and discuss for documenting the natural history of AGU, as well as making a diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Acute genital ulcer (AGU) is a painful ulceration of genitalia that presents in especially virgin young women.
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Key Findings & Data:The differential diagnosis includes venereal (sexually) and non-venereal (non-sexually) transmitted infections, non-infectious diseases, drug reactions, autoimmune conditions, traumatic causes and malignant.
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Conclusion & Impact:The aim of this article is to present a case of acute genital ulcer and discuss for documenting the natural history of AGU, as well as making a diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options.
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⚙️Variables:Akut genital ülser · Ulcus vulvae acutum · Lipschütz ülseri

Abstract

Acute genital ulcer (AGU) is a painful ulceration of genitalia that presents in especially virgin young women. The differential diagnosis includes venereal (sexually) and non-venereal (non-sexually) transmitted infections, non-infectious diseases, drug reactions, autoimmune conditions, traumatic causes and malignant. However, etiology and pathogenesis of AGU are still unknown. The disease is characterized by an acute onset of flu-like symptoms such as anxiety, fever, myalgia, pharyngotonsillitis, lymphadenopathy, and headache, with single or multiple, deep and painful mainly kissing ulcers on the vulva, on the inner side of labia majora. Ulcers associated with an immunologic reaction to a distant source of infection or inflammation. The aim of this article is to present a case of acute genital ulcer and discuss for documenting the natural history of AGU, as well as making a diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options.

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Akut genital ülser (AGU) özellikle virjin genç kadınlarda ortaya çıkan genital ağrılı bir ülserasyondur. Ayırıcı tanıda cinsel yolla geçen bulaşıcı enfeksiyonlar ve cinsel yolla geçmeyen bulaşıcı enfeksiyonlar, enfeksiyöz olmayan hastalıklar, ilaç reaksiyonları, otoimmün durumlar, travmatik nedenler ve vulvar kanser vardır. Bununla birlikte, AGU'nun etiyolojisi ve patogenezi hala bilinmemektedir. Hastalık anksiyete, ateş, miyalji, faringotonsillit, lenfadenopati ve baş ağrısı gibi grip benzeri semptomlar ile akut başlayan, vulvada, labia majör iç kısmında, tek veya çoklu, derin ve ağrılı genellikle bir biri ile öpüşen ülserler ile karakterize bir hastlalıktır. AGU özellikle uzak bir enfeksiyon ve inflamasyona kaynağına sekonder bir immünolojik reaksiyon ile ilişkilidir. Bu yazının amacı, akut genital ülserin doğal seyrini göstermek, tanı koymak, ayırıcı tanıları belirlemek ve tedavi seçenekleri sunmaktır.

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Çivici, H. (2019). Acute Genital Ulcers in a Virgin Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review. Ankara Medical Journal, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 2, 439–444. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.575532

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