TY - JOUR
T1 - Herpes neolabialis
T2 - herpes simplex virus type 1 infection of the neolabia in a transgender woman
AU - Elfering, Lian
AU - van der Sluis, Wouter B.
AU - Mermans, Joline F.
AU - Buncamper, Marlon E.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - A 24-year-old transgender woman consulted our outpatient clinic with a painful, itchy and red left labia. She underwent a penile inversion vaginoplasty 18 months before presentation. At physical examination of the left labia, erythema, edema and herpetic vesicles with ulceration were observed. A vesicle fluid swab was obtained and the presence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was detected by PCR assay. Treatment consisted of oral valaciclovir (500 mg twice daily) for a total of five days.Topically-applied lidocaine cream (3%) was used for pain management. Treatment gave symptom relief in five days. At physical examination 14 days after symptom onset, there were no signs of active infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of HSV-1 infection of the neolabia in a transgender woman.
AB - A 24-year-old transgender woman consulted our outpatient clinic with a painful, itchy and red left labia. She underwent a penile inversion vaginoplasty 18 months before presentation. At physical examination of the left labia, erythema, edema and herpetic vesicles with ulceration were observed. A vesicle fluid swab was obtained and the presence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was detected by PCR assay. Treatment consisted of oral valaciclovir (500 mg twice daily) for a total of five days.Topically-applied lidocaine cream (3%) was used for pain management. Treatment gave symptom relief in five days. At physical examination 14 days after symptom onset, there were no signs of active infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of HSV-1 infection of the neolabia in a transgender woman.
KW - Herpes simplex
KW - gender dysphoria
KW - herpes labialis
KW - sex reassignment procedures
KW - sexual behavior
KW - sexually transmitted infection
KW - vaginoplasty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021163582&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462416685658
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462416685658
M3 - Article
C2 - 28632111
SN - 0956-4624
VL - 28
SP - 841
EP - 843
JO - International Journal of STD and AIDS
JF - International Journal of STD and AIDS
IS - 8
ER -