Is urinary incontinence associated with vulval lichen sclerosus in females? A cross‐sectional study

Kirby, L.; Gran, S.; Orekoya, F.; Owen, C.; Simpson, R.

Abstract

Increasing evidence suggests the pathogenesis of male genital lichen sclerosus (LS) is driven by chronic, occluded exposure of susceptible epithelium to the irritant effect of urine (1, 2). It is not clear how this can be extrapolated to females, however, the typical ‘figure of eight’ distribution seen in female genital LS suggests that urine could be implicated. This has not yet been robustly investigated.

Citation

Kirby, L., Gran, S., Orekoya, F., Owen, C., & Simpson, R. (2021). Is urinary incontinence associated with vulval lichen sclerosus in females? A cross‐sectional study. British Journal of Dermatology, 185(5), 1063-1065. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20583

• Journal Article Type: Letter
• Acceptance Date: Jun 13, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jun 15, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Deposit Date: Jun 18, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 16, 2022
• Journal: British Journal of Dermatology
• Print ISSN: 0007-0963
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2133
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 185
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1063-1065
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20583
• Keywords: Dermatology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5687241
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.20583