Difference between revisions of "Classic vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia"

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'''Classic vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia''', abbreviated '''classic VIN''', is a pre-neoplastic lesion of the [[vulva]] strongly associated with the [[human papilloma virus]].  It is also known as '''usual vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia''', abbreviated '''uVIN'''.<ref name=pmid24399036>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Reyes | first1 = MC. | last2 = Cooper | first2 = K. | title = An update on vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: terminology and a practical approach to diagnosis. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202117 | PMID = 24399036 }}</ref>
'''Classic vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia''', abbreviated '''classic VIN''', is a pre-neoplastic lesion of the [[vulva]] strongly associated with the [[human papilloma virus]].   


It should '''not''' be confused with ''[[differentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia]]''.
It is also known as '''usual vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia''', abbreviated '''uVIN'''.<ref name=pmid24399036>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Reyes | first1 = MC. | last2 = Cooper | first2 = K. | title = An update on vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: terminology and a practical approach to diagnosis. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202117 | PMID = 24399036 }}</ref> Despite being called "usual", it is less common than the other form of [[vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia]] ([[differentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia]]).


==General==
==General==