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Х.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lukmanova</surname><given-names>L. Kh.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Лукманова Лина Халимовна</p><p>450092 Уфа, ул. Степана Кувыкина, д. 98; 450008 Уфа, ул. Ленина, д. 3</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lina Kh. Lukmanova - MD.</p><p>98 Stepan Kuvykin Street, Ufa 450092; 3 Lenin Str., Ufa 450008</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">likhdoc@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-3055</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Муслимова</surname><given-names>С. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Muslimova</surname><given-names>S. Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Муслимова Софья Юрьевна - д.м.н.</p><p>450008 Уфа, ул. Ленина, д. 3</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sofya Yu. Muslimova - MD, Dr Sci Med.</p><p>3 Lenin Str., Ufa 450008</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-8275</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сахаутдинова</surname><given-names>И. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sakhautdinova</surname><given-names>I. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Сахаутдинова Индира Венеровна - д.м.н., проф.</p><p>450008 Уфа, ул. Ленина, д. 3</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Indira V. Sakhautdinova - MD, Dr Sci Med, Prof.</p><p>3 Lenin Str., Ufa 450008</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ГБУЗ «Республиканская детская клиническая больница»; ФГБОУ ВО «Башкирский государственный медицинский университет» Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Republican Children's Clinical Hospital; Bashkir State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО «Башкирский государственный медицинский университет» Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Bashkir State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>102</fpage><lpage>110</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Lukmanova L.K., Muslimova S.Y., Sakhautdinova I.V., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Лукманова Л.Х., Муслимова С.Ю., Сахаутдинова И.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Lukmanova L.K., Muslimova S.Y., Sakhautdinova I.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/2710">https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/2710</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim: to study the features of lichen sclerosus (LS) clinically manifested in various age group girls.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and Methods</title><p>Materials and Methods. A prospective observational study with 202 girls aged 0 to 18 years having verified LS clinical and histological diagnosis of LS was conducted. The age of LS onset was examined, determining the time from the appearance of the first symptoms to diagnosis was by analyzing most characteristic disease symptoms such as itching, changes in skin structure and color, the presence of cracks, constipation, dysuria, and lesion area related to childhood age period.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. It was found that 30 % LS girls noted the first disease symptoms at the age of 5–6 years (n = 67; 33.1 %). Among patients with vulvar LS, middle childhood (aged 3–5 years) girls predominated (n = 66, 32.7 %). Girls in early childhood (up to 2 years) and puberty period (13–17 years) were in minority comprising as few as 7 (3.5 %) and 19 (9.4 %) cases, respectively. The average LS duration before being properly diagnosed was 2.61 ± 0.13 years. In 27.7 % (n = 56) girls, the disease was asymptomatic, more often in younger patients aged 3–5 years (n = 10). Complaints of itching in the vulva, perineum and perianal area were reported in 58.9 % (n = 119) cases, but only five (2.48 %) girls had itching as a single complaint. In most cases, changes affected all 5 zones – the clitoris, labia minora, the inner surface of the labia majora, perineum and perianal area. A "figure eight"-like LS lesions of the genital tract were observed in 75.2 % (n = 152) girls, more often found in prepubertal (79.8 %; n = 79) and pubertal (82.9 %; n = 29) age.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. LS incidence peaks during the transition from middle to late childhood. A more than nine-year observation was shown to shorten average duration of the disease before its diagnosis from 6 to 1.6 years. Analyzing pattern of complaints related to the age of girls allowed to conclude that LS exhibits no specific complaints, except for changes in vulvar skin structure and color, which are noticed only by 5 % patients. Itching in the vast majority of cases (n = 119; 58.9 %) is a consequence of arising complications such as cracks, ecchymosis and erosions.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель: изучить особенности клиники склерозирующего лихена (СЛ) у девочек различных возрастных групп.</p></sec><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. Выполнено проспективное обсервационное исследование, включавшее 202 девочки с подтвержденным клиническим и гистологическим диагнозом СЛ в возрасте от 0 до 18 лет. Изучали возраст дебюта заболевания СЛ, определяли время от появления первых симптомов до постановки диагноза, проводили анализ наиболее характерных симптомов заболевания, таких как зуд, изменения структуры и цвета кожи, наличие трещин, запоров, дизурии и площадь поражения в зависимости от возрастного периода.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Более трети девочек со СЛ отмечали первые симптомы заболевания в возрасте 5–6 лет (n = 67; 33,1 %). Среди пациенток со СЛ вульвы преобладали девочки в возрасте среднего детства от 3 до 5 лет (32,7 %; n = 66). Девочки периода раннего детства (до 2 лет) и пубертатного периода (13–17 лет) составляли меньшинство – 7 (3,5 %) и 19 (9,4 %) соответственно. Средняя продолжительность заболевания до постановки правильного диагноза составила 2,61 ± 0,13 года. У 27,7 % (n = 56) девочек заболевание протекало бессимптомно, чаще у пациенток младшей возрастной группы от 3 до 5 лет (n = 10). Предъявляли жалобы на зуд в области вульвы, промежности и перианальной области 58,9 % (n = 119) пациенток, но только у 5 (2,48 %) девочек зуд был единственной жалобой. В большинстве случаев изменения захватывали все 5 зон – клитор, малые половые губы, внутреннюю поверхность больших половых губ, промежность и перианальную область. Поражения СЛ выглядели в виде «восьмерки» у 75,2 % (n = 152) девочек, чаще в препубертатном (79,8 %; n = 79) и пубертатном (82,9 %; n = 29) возрасте.</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Пик заболеваемости девочек СЛ приходится на время перехода от среднего к периоду позднему детства. За 9 лет наблюдения средняя продолжительность заболевания до его диагностики сократилась с 6 до 1,6 лет. В результате анализа характера жалоб в зависимости от возраста девочек можно сделать вывод о том, что СЛ не имеет специфических жалоб, кроме изменения структуры и цвета кожи вульвы, на которые обращают внимание только 5 % больных. Зуд в подавляющем большинстве случаев (n = 119; 58,9 %) является следствием возникших осложнений, таких как трещины, экхимозы и эрозии.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>склерозирующий лихен</kwd><kwd>СЛ</kwd><kwd>девочки</kwd><kwd>клинические проявления</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>lichen sclerosus</kwd><kwd>LS</kwd><kwd>girls</kwd><kwd>clinical manifestations</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Авторы заявляют об отсутствии финансовой поддержки</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The authors declare no funding</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Lichen sclerosus. ISSVD practical guide to diagnosis and management. Eds. T. Day, M. Mauskar, S. Amanda. 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