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Vaginitis emphysematosa
  1. K Al Aboud,
  2. K Al Hawsawi,
  3. V Ramesh
  1. Dermatology and STD Department, Dermotology, King Faisal Hospital, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Khalid Al Aboud, Post Box No 5440, Makkah, Saudi Arabia;
 amoa65{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.2.155

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    Vaginitis emphysematosa is usually a self limited cystic disorder of the vagina. The paucity of reports on this rare entity and the fact that it can first present to the sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic where, for want of a better diagnosis, it may be passed off as condyloma acuminatum, prompted us to document the condition in a young woman.

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    A 29 year old gravida 8, para 8 woman presented with an asymptomatic growth in the vaginal introitus of 2 years' duration. It had started spontaneously, gradually attained the size of a small lemon, and had remained as such for months. On examination she was of average build and nutrition without any associated disorders like diabetes and hypertension. Local …

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