Signs and symptoms of vulval lichen sclerosus in children and adolescents: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Paediatric vulval lichen sclerosus (VLS) is a chronic disease with distressing symptoms and severe consequences when left untreated. Majority of existing data on pathophysiology and treatment is based on studies conducted among adult patients. Whereas the course of VLS, its symptomatology and prognosis are distinct to some extent in paediatric and adolescent patients as compared with adults. The purpose of this scoping review is to systematically examine what symptoms of VLS are typical of paediatric and adolescent patients, how often specific signs and symptoms are reported in the literature, if there are differences between paediatric and adolescent patients and what could be the implication of such differences.

Methods and analysis

This scoping review will ad

SUBMITTER: Torres A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278165 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature