{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7167487702","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","title":"Histopathological spectrum of vulvar lesions: A 6-year retrospective study","display_name":"Histopathological spectrum of vulvar lesions: A 6-year retrospective study","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-07-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7167487702","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.25259/jlp_382_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","pdf_url":"https://jlabphy.org/content/164/2026/0/1/pdf/JLP-382-2025.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187584","display_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","issn_l":"0974-2727","issn":["0974-2727","0974-7826"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320000","host_organization_name":"Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320000"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://jlabphy.org/content/164/2026/0/1/pdf/JLP-382-2025.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049162278","display_name":"Ankita Sharma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3700-2725","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3700-2725"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83878805","display_name":"Armed Forces Medical College","ror":"https://ror.org/05g6w6j42","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ankita Sharma","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063753769","display_name":"Chinmay Shrikrishna Pendharkar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-8948","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-8948"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chinmay Pendharkar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, 181 Military Hospital, Tenga Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, 181 Military Hospital, Tenga Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India,","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025717731","display_name":"Vikram Singh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7515","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7515"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vikram Singh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India,","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009185772","display_name":"Barun Kumar Chakrabarty","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-925X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-925X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83878805","display_name":"Armed Forces Medical College","ror":"https://ror.org/05g6w6j42","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Barun Kumar Chakrabarty","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084922611","display_name":"Vinod Kumar Dalal","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-4622","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-4622"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83878805","display_name":"Armed Forces Medical College","ror":"https://ror.org/05g6w6j42","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vinod Kumar Dalal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072412095","display_name":"Venkatesan Somasundaram","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-4874","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-4874"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83878805","display_name":"Armed Forces Medical College","ror":"https://ror.org/05g6w6j42","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Venkatesan Somasundaram","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5049162278"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83878805"],"apc_list":{"value":200,"currency":"USD","value_usd":200},"apc_paid":{"value":200,"currency":"USD","value_usd":200},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"18","issue":null,"first_page":"382","last_page":"388"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11713","display_name":"Genital Health and Disease","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11713","display_name":"Genital Health and Disease","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12866","display_name":"Urologic and reproductive health conditions","score":0.005400000140070915,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2748","display_name":"Urology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12695","display_name":"Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies","score":0.004699999932199717,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vulvar-lesions","display_name":"vulvar lesions","score":0.9919999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vulvar-squamous-cell-carcinoma","display_name":"vulvar squamous cell carcinoma","score":0.8980000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vulvar-paget-s-disease","display_name":"vulvar Paget's disease","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/basal-cell-carcinoma","display_name":"basal cell carcinoma","score":0.7649999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hidradenitis-suppurativa","display_name":"hidradenitis suppurativa","score":0.9380000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lichen-planus","display_name":"lichen planus","score":0.8309999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epidermal-inclusion-cyst","display_name":"epidermal inclusion cyst","score":0.8930000066757202}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.8080999851226807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167135981","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2146302","display_name":"Retrospective cohort study","level":2,"score":0.7172999978065491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776316342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2192288","display_name":"Vulva","level":2,"score":0.673799991607666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775934546","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179991","display_name":"Biopsy","level":2,"score":0.6272000074386597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780370617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1908194","display_name":"Vulvar cancer","level":3,"score":0.5782999992370605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16005928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171171","display_name":"Dermatology","level":1,"score":0.5241000056266785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2991842025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Tertiary care","level":2,"score":0.390500009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.36039999127388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C140779682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210868","display_name":"Sampling (signal processing)","level":3,"score":0.3456000089645386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.33379998803138733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C534262118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177719","display_name":"Medical diagnosis","level":2,"score":0.3260999917984009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207886595","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1456138","display_name":"Pathological","level":2,"score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2911206564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2192288","display_name":"Vulvar Diseases","level":3,"score":0.31139999628067017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778804307","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809758","display_name":"Basal cell carcinoma","level":3,"score":0.29899999499320984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31033888","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752076","display_name":"Malignant transformation","level":2,"score":0.2842999994754791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61511704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1671857","display_name":"Incidence (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.2786000072956085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910165503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7535376","display_name":"Punch Biopsy","level":3,"score":0.27070000767707825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777910003","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707292","display_name":"Asymptomatic","level":2,"score":0.26170000433921814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544855455","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070952","display_name":"Histopathology","level":2,"score":0.2614000141620636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779134260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12136","display_name":"Disease","level":2,"score":0.2612999975681305}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.25259/jlp_382_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","pdf_url":"https://jlabphy.org/content/164/2026/0/1/pdf/JLP-382-2025.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187584","display_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","issn_l":"0974-2727","issn":["0974-2727","0974-7826"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320000","host_organization_name":"Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320000"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.25259/jlp_382_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/jlp_382_2025","pdf_url":"https://jlabphy.org/content/164/2026/0/1/pdf/JLP-382-2025.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187584","display_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","issn_l":"0974-2727","issn":["0974-2727","0974-7826"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320000","host_organization_name":"Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320000"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Laboratory Physicians","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.9940000176429749,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7167487702.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7167487702.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":5,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2036772997","https://openalex.org/W2049108277","https://openalex.org/W2057300416","https://openalex.org/W2103711357","https://openalex.org/W2342458645"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3200601083","https://openalex.org/W4360591613","https://openalex.org/W4293247285","https://openalex.org/W2983796577","https://openalex.org/W2111903541","https://openalex.org/W3110193097","https://openalex.org/W2134067334","https://openalex.org/W4396571103","https://openalex.org/W7216701536","https://openalex.org/W3093177812"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Objectives:":[0],"The":[1],"objective":[2],"of":[3,12,41,49,73,75,113,132,195,198,217,245,262,269],"the":[4,9,39,68,185,218,260,266],"study":[5,30],"is":[6],"to":[7,59,67,125],"characterize":[8],"histomorphological":[10],"spectrum":[11,268],"vulvar":[13,34,115,270],"lesions":[14,136,155,170,235],"diagnosed":[15],"over":[16,51],"a":[17,21,52,129],"6-year":[18,53],"period":[19,54],"at":[20],"tertiary":[22,43],"care":[23,44],"center.":[24],"Materials":[25],"and":[26,96,108,151,178,220],"Methods:":[27],"This":[28],"retrospective":[29],"included":[31,163,214],"all":[32],"consecutive":[33],"biopsy":[35,116],"specimens":[36,117],"received":[37],"in":[38,46,158,236,255],"Department":[40],"Pathology,":[42],"center":[45],"western":[47],"part":[48],"India,":[50],"from":[55,123,252],"1":[56],"January":[57],"2019":[58],"31":[60,159],"December":[61],"2024.":[62],"Lesions":[63],"were":[64,86,92,104,118,156,230],"classified":[65],"according":[66],"World":[69],"Health":[70],"Organization":[71],"Classification":[72],"Tumours":[74],"Female":[76],"Reproductive":[77],"Organs,":[78],"5":[79],"th":[80],"edition":[81],"(2020).":[82],"Statistical":[83],"analysis:":[84],"Data":[85],"analyzed":[87],"using":[88,106],"descriptive":[89],"statistics.":[90],"Results":[91],"presented":[93],"as":[94,145],"frequencies":[95],"percentages":[97],"for":[98,138,191],"categorical":[99],"variables,":[100],"while":[101],"continuous":[102],"variables":[103],"summarized":[105],"median":[107,130],"range.":[109],"Results:":[110],"A":[111],"total":[112,173],"47":[114],"examined.":[119],"Patient":[120],"age":[121,131],"ranged":[122],"26":[124],"75":[126],"years,":[127],"with":[128],"50":[133],"years.":[134],"Non-neoplastic":[135],"accounted":[137],"16":[139,192],"cases":[140,160,181,193,201],"(34.04%),":[141],"comprising":[142],"diagnoses":[143],"such":[144],"hidradenitis":[146],"suppurativa,":[147],"epidermal":[148],"inclusion":[149],"cyst,":[150],"lichen":[152],"planus.":[153],"Neoplastic":[154,225],"identified":[157],"(65.96%),":[161],"which":[162,239],"five":[164],"benign":[165],"neoplasms":[166],"(10.64%),":[167],"six":[168],"premalignant":[169],"(12.77%)":[171],"(of":[172],"specimens,":[174],"n":[175],"=":[176],"47),":[177],"20":[179],"malignant":[180,188,196,212,228],"(42.55%).":[182],"SCC":[183],"was":[184],"most":[186],"prevalent":[187,232],"diagnosis,":[189],"accounting":[190],"(80%":[194],"lesions);":[197],"these,":[199],"three":[200],"(18.75%)":[202],"demonstrated":[203],"p16":[204],"positivity,":[205],"indicating":[206],"Human":[207],"papillomavirus":[208],"(HPV)":[209],"association.":[210],"Additional":[211],"entities":[213],"Paget\u2019s":[215],"disease":[216],"vulva":[219],"basal":[221],"cell":[222],"carcinoma.":[223],"Conclusions:":[224],"lesions,":[226],"particularly":[227],"ones,":[229],"more":[231],"than":[233],"non-neoplastic":[234],"this":[237],"cohort,":[238],"may":[240],"reflect":[241],"preferential":[242],"histopathological":[243],"sampling":[244,263],"clinically":[246],"suspicious":[247],"lesions.":[248],"These":[249],"findings":[250],"differ":[251],"those":[253],"reported":[254],"comparable":[256],"Indian":[257],"studies,":[258],"underscoring":[259],"impact":[261],"practices":[264],"on":[265],"perceived":[267],"pathology.":[271]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2026-07-07T00:00:00"}