OBJECTIVE: To evaluate vascular changes as a possible underlying cause of @entity33 in @entity1 with @entity25207 . METHODS: Laser Doppler perfusion imaging was used to map the superficial blood flow in the vestibular mucosa in 20 @entity1 with @entity25207 and in 21 healthy control subjects. A possible correlation between perfusion values and graded erythema (1-5) around the vaginal introitus was analyzed. Changes in microvascular density in the posterior part of the mucosa were investigated in sections from ten @entity1 and ten controls by a computer-assisted image-processing program. Induced vasoconstriction of terminal arterioles in the same posterior area was also studied. RESULTS: Significant increases in perfusion values were registered in the posterior parts of the vestibular mucosa in @entity1 compared with controls. The highest blood flow was registered in the posterior fourchette. The most pronounced erythema was also located in the posterior vestibule in the @entity1 . However, there was no significant correlation between perfusion values and degree of erythema in the same individual. The microvascular density or the ability of vestibular arterioles to constrict did not differ between @entity1 and controls. CONCLUSION: @entity1 with @entity25207 have an increased superficial blood flow and @entity394 . The increased perfusion, most probably caused by a neurogenic vasodilatation contributes to, but does not fully explain the erythema. Atrophic changes of the surface epithelium should also be considered in the evaluation of an erythema.

Increased blood flow and XXXX in @entity25207 (1).

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'Women'] @entity394 :: ('MESH:D015837', 'Disease') :: ['erythema in the posterior parts of the vestibular mucosa'] @entity33 :: ('MESH:D052016', 'Disease') :: ['mucosal erythema'] @entity25207 :: ('MESH:D054515', 'Disease') :: ['vulvar vestibulitis', 'vestibulitis']
@entity394 :: (MESH:D015837,Disease) :: ['erythema in the posterior vestibular mucosa']
