Genital Ulcers

Common symptom in both males and females Important to find out duration of ulcers How painful they are Number of ulcers present When they appeared in relation to sexual intercourse or trauma Are there lesions elsewhere on the body?

Aetiology
Autoimmune Behcets syndrome Cicatricial pemphigoid Pemphigus vulgaris Inflammatory Conditions Reiters syndrome Steven johnsons syndrome Malignancy Penile carcinoma Vulval squamous cell carcinoma

Bacterial Chancroid Chlamydia tracomatis Granuloma inguinale Lymphogranuloma venerum Neisseria gonorrhoes Primary syphilis Viral HSV HPV