Our women's dermatology service deals with the diagnosis and management of inflammatory and other vulval disorders. We provide a specialised service for both adults and children with ano-genital disease.
Our service
We provide:
- a clinic for the diagnosis and management of vulval dermatoses, including: all inflammatory conditions, benign (non-cancerous) lesions, vulval intra-epithelial neoplasia (VIN) and extra-mammary Paget’s (EMP) and vulval pain.
- a monthly clinic with genito-urinary medicine for patients with infections and vulval disease.
- children's vulval clinics.
- experience of using topical agents in the management of VIN and EMP, working closely with the gynaecology cancer team.
- a team of dermatological surgeons who have expertise in treating basal cell carcinomas of the vulva, laser treatment of lymphangiectasia and other disorders.
- pain clinics with longer appointment slots, in addition to close ties with the chronic pain service with access to a physiotherapist and anaesthetist.
- A combined clinic with a specialist consultant gynaelogical surgeon, for joint consultations/
- weekly meetings to review all vulval biopsies.
This clinic serves the local community for GP referrals but it also also offers a national and international tertiary referral service. Patients are referred from other dermatologists, gynaecologists, genito-urinary (GU) medicine doctors, children's doctors, oral medicine specialists and others.