Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: December 13, 2023
Preferred Name

Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

Synonyms

Vulvar intraepithelial tumor

Definitions

A rare vulvovaginal tumor characterized by intraepithelial neoplastic proliferation of the vulvar epithelium, histologically presenting proliferation of atypical basal cells with basal layer involvement, enlarged nuclei, hyperchromasia, pleomorphic cells and increased numbers of mitotic figures. Patients are frequently asymptomatic, although vulvar pruritus/pain/burning, dysuria and/or dyspareunia may be associated. Concurrent anogenital involvement is frequent. Two subtypes, usual type VIN (uVIN) and differentiated type VIN (dVIN) exist, with uVIN typically being associated with HPV infection and presenting multifocal, elevated lesions around the introitus and/or labia majora, and dVIN being related to chronic inflammation and lesions consisting of poorly demarcated pink or white plaques that are often associated with lichen sclerosus or lichen planus. Diffusely positive p16 immunohistochemistry and high Ki-67 proliferation index in uVIN futher differentiates this subtype from dVIN, this latter being consistently negative for p16 while presenting p53 positivity.

ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_137583

alternative_term

Vulvar intraepithelial tumor

VIN

definition

A rare vulvovaginal tumor characterized by intraepithelial neoplastic proliferation of the vulvar epithelium, histologically presenting proliferation of atypical basal cells with basal layer involvement, enlarged nuclei, hyperchromasia, pleomorphic cells and increased numbers of mitotic figures. Patients are frequently asymptomatic, although vulvar pruritus/pain/burning, dysuria and/or dyspareunia may be associated. Concurrent anogenital involvement is frequent. Two subtypes, usual type VIN (uVIN) and differentiated type VIN (dVIN) exist, with uVIN typically being associated with HPV infection and presenting multifocal, elevated lesions around the introitus and/or labia majora, and dVIN being related to chronic inflammation and lesions consisting of poorly demarcated pink or white plaques that are often associated with lichen sclerosus or lichen planus. Diffusely positive p16 immunohistochemistry and high Ki-67 proliferation index in uVIN futher differentiates this subtype from dVIN, this latter being consistently negative for p16 while presenting p53 positivity.

definition_citation

Orphanet

expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=137583

has_age_of_onset

Adult

Elderly

has_inheritance

Not applicable

hasDbXref

ICD-11:GA13.1

UMLS:C0346210

ICD-11:2E67.13

ICD-11:2E67.12

ICD-10:D07.1

label

Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

notation

ORPHA:137583

part_of

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_180312

prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_137583

prefLabel

Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

present_in

Europe AND has_point_prevalence_average_value : 20.0 AND has_point_prevalence_range : 1-5 / 10 000

treeView

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_180312

subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_377788

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557493

Delete Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display