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A vulval biopsy is performed to confirm the clinical diagnosis, to help when there are a number of clinical differential diagnoses, or where the clinical features are atypical. A biopsy must always be done in the context of clinical diagnosis, and if sent in isolation without this, it is very easy to draw the wrong conclusion. The majority of biopsies are done for diagnostic reasons, but excisional biopsies can also be therapeutic.