Interferon for vulvar vestibulitis

J Reprod Med. 1990 Dec;35(12):1138-40.

Abstract

Eight women with human papillomavirus-associated vestibular adenitis were treated with locally administered alpha interferon, 1 million units, three times weekly for four consecutive weeks. Five patients had a complete remission, and one had a slight, transient improvement, with a relapse after the therapy ceased.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Exocrine Glands*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intralesional
  • Interferon Type I / administration & dosage
  • Interferon Type I / pharmacology
  • Interferon Type I / therapeutic use*
  • Lymphadenitis / pathology
  • Lymphadenitis / therapy*
  • Papillomaviridae*
  • Tumor Virus Infections / pathology
  • Tumor Virus Infections / therapy*

Substances

  • Interferon Type I