Vulvar leukoplakia is not a precancerous lesion

Recently, Ms. Li went to a hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department for vulvar itching and was told that she had vulvar leukoplakia. Because Ms. Li had heard from her friends that vulvar leukoplakia was a precancerous lesion, she was worried all day and didn't know what to do. Ms. Li's husband was really worried about her condition and suggested that she go to the hospital for another checkup.

So Ms. Li came to the hospital again. The doctor carefully examined her affected area and did a skin tissue pathology examination. He told Ms. Li that she was suffering from leukoplakia vulvitis, which was caused by increased vaginal discharge and long-term local irritation and scratching, leading to post-inflammatory hypopigmentation. This disease can be cured with symptomatic treatment.

Vulvar leukoplakia is a group of diseases in which the skin and mucous membranes of the female vulva are deformed and have pigment changes due to nutritional disorders. For a long time, vulvar lesions that whiten, thicken or shrink the skin and mucous membranes have been clinically referred to as vulvar leukoplakia. For example, vulvar leukoplakia, vulvar vitiligo, vulvar sclerosing atrophic lichen, etc. have vulvar leukoplakia manifestations. After suffering from vulvar leukoplakia, patients may experience symptoms of vulvar itching, local skin becomes dry, hypertrophic and white, loses elasticity, and even shrinks and ulcers, with pain and burning sensation.

So, does suffering from vulvar leukoplakia mean suffering from precancerous lesions? In fact, vulvar malnutrition can cause local lesions, which can be divided into proliferative malnutrition, lichen sclerosus malnutrition, and mixed malnutrition according to the differences in its tissue pathological changes. In addition to the patient's unique symptoms and signs, pathological diagnosis is also required to draw a final conclusion in order to diagnose whether it will become cancerous. If atypical hyperplasia is found in pathology, it can be considered a precancerous lesion. According to statistics, most clinical vulvar leukoplakia are benign lesions, and only a very small number are precancerous lesions. Therefore, if you suffer from vulvar leukoplakia, you don't have to be fearful and add to your troubles. You must make a clear diagnosis before treatment.