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Approach to Genital Lesions

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Genital lesions are a commonly encountered problem, especially in clinic. This teaching script leads the learner through an approach to thinking about genital lesions. We emphasize how to organize them into different infectious causes, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and diagnostic testing for each. We also discuss some of the more common causes of noninfectious genital lesions.

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  1. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Toby Sinton & Joyce Wipf

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  1. University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Somnath Mookherjee  & Jennifer Wright  & 

  2. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Lauren A. Beste

  3. Harborview Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jared W. Klein

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Sinton, T., Wipf, J. (2020). Approach to Genital Lesions. In: Mookherjee, S., Beste, L.A., Klein, J.W., Wright, J. (eds) Chalk Talks in Internal Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34814-4_28

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