2015 international consensus of sexual medicine classification of vulvar pain

Vulvar pain caused by a specific disorder*

Infectious (eg, recurrent candidiasis, herpes)
Inflammatory (eg, lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, immunobullous disorders)
Neoplastic (eg, Paget disease, squamous cell carcinoma)
Neurologic (eg, post-herpetic neuralgia, nerve compression or injury, neuroma)
Trauma (eg, female genital cutting, obstetrical)
Iatrogenic (eg, postoperative, chemotherapy, radiation)
Hormonal deficiencies (eg, genitourinary syndrome of menopause [vulvovaginal atrophy], lactational amenorrhea)

Vulvodynia - Vulvar pain of at least three months duration, without clear identifiable cause, which may have potential associated factors

Localized (eg, vestibulodynia, clitorodynia) or generalized or mixed (localized and generalized)
Provoked (eg, insertional, contact) or spontaneous or mixed (provoked and spontaneous)
Onset (primary or secondary)
Temporal pattern (intermittent, persistent, constant, immediate, delayed)

* Women may have both a specific disorder (eg, lichen sclerosus) and vulvodynia.

Reproduced with permission from: The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS). 2015 consensus terminology and classification of persistent vulvar pain. Available at: https://www.issvd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/terminology-vulvar-pain-BornsteinCURRENT-ISSVD-TERMINOLOGY-AND-CLASSIFICATION-OF-VULVAR-DISEASES.pdf (Accessed on October 12, 2021).

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