• Title of article

    Paget’s disease in an Asian woman

  • Author/Authors

    Zia, Asif Hamdard University Hospital, Pakistan , Zareen, Nabila Hamdard University Hospital, Pakistan

  • From page
    394
  • To page
    396
  • Abstract
    Extramammary Paget s disease is a rare disease, which mainly occurs in postmenopausal women. The case of Paget s disease of vulva, in a 40 year old Asian woman, who presented with a history of intense itching in vulva for 1 year is being reported. After being medically treated, she was diagnosed on Vulval biopsy. Local excision of the vulval lesion was performed, and histopathology revealed Paget s disease, extending close to the surgical margins.Therefore, a re-excision was performed and patient remained disease free at six months follow up.
  • Keywords
    Extramammary Paget s disease , vulval biopsy , local excision
  • Journal title
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
  • Journal title
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
  • Record number

    2651426