Vestibular papillomatosis

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Vestibular papillomatosis (VP) are normal small bumps in the genital area of females.{{cite book |last1=Lewia |first1=Fiona |editor1-last=Morris-Jones |editor1-first=Rachael |title=ABC of Dermatology |date=2019 |publisher=Wiley Blackwell |location=Hoboken |isbn=978-1-119-48899-6 |page=175 |edition=7th |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lm2fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA175 |language=en |chapter=21. Genital dermatoses}} The bumps appear in multiple numbers, are rounded and are not painful, itchy or uncomfortable. They are comparable to pearly penile papules, which occur in males.{{cite journal |last1=Sanchez |first1=Isabella |last2=Raffi |first2=Jodie |last3=Kraus |first3=Christina N. |title=Vulvar Neoplasms (Part II) |journal=Urology |date=23 February 2022 |pages=S0090–4295(22)00151–0 |doi=10.1016/j.urology.2022.02.007 |pmid=35218865 |s2cid=247093274 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35218865/ |issn=1527-9995|doi-access=free }}

VP are not infectious and not due to HPV. Diagnosis is by visualization. The bumps are less yellow and more pinkish when compared to Fordyce spots. They should not be mistaken for genital warts.{{cite book |last1=Passos |first1=Mauro Romero Leal |title=Atlas of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Clinical Aspects and Differential Diagnosis |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-57470-7 |page=383 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTU7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA383 |language=en |chapter=11. Differential diagnosis}} No treatment is required.

They are common in pregnancy. Historically they were sometimes incorrectly called "microwarts".

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{{Female diseases of the pelvis and genitals}}

Category:Conditions of the mucous membranes

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