外阴又称女阴,是女性外生殖器,包括阴阜、大阴唇、小阴唇、会阴等结构。外阴癌发病在体表,易于自我检查和及早发现,但在临床上发现多数患者就诊时已接近中晚期,延误了最佳治疗时机,增加了治疗的难度,降低了治愈的机会。究其原因,一方面是病人多系老年妇女,对所出现症状的重要性缺乏认识,或因羞耻心理作祟,不愿进妇科检查。另外,外阴癌早期大多无特异症状,不易与外阴良性疾患相区别。因此,女性有必要学习了解一些有关外阴肿瘤的知识,增强自我保护意识,有不适及时就医。 Vulva, also known as female, female genitalia, including the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, perineal and other structures. The incidence of vulvar cancer in the body surface, easy to self-examination and early detection, but found that most patients clinically close to the late advanced, delayed the optimal timing of treatment, increasing the difficulty of treatment, reducing the chance of cure. The reason, on the one hand, the patient multi-line older women, the lack of awareness of the importance of the symptoms, or because of shame psychology at all, do not want to go to the gynecological examination. In addition, most of vulvar cancer early no specific symptoms, not easy to distinguish between benign and vulvar disease. Therefore, women need to learn to understand some of the knowledge of vulvar tumors, enhance self-protection awareness, discomfort timely medical treatment.