Abstract
Vulval disorders represent a wide range of conditions including inflammatory dermatoses, infection, pain-syndromes, premalignant, and malignant disorders. National guidelines have been published for the management of these conditions and clinicians should have access to a specialist multidisciplinary vulval service. Vulval skin disorders can predispose to vulval cancer which should be managed in specialist centres. This chapter deals with litigation related to vulval disorders including neoplasia .
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Bolton, H., Baldwin, P. (2018). Vulval Disorders and Neoplasia. In: Jha, S., Ferriman, E. (eds) Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78683-4_66
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