OBJECTIVE To describe the treatment pattern of condyloma acuminata in female. MATERIAL AND METHOD The 5-year medical records of 449 women treated for genital condyloma acuminata at the Gynecologic Infectious Diseases and Female Sexually Transmitted Disease (GID-FSTD) unit were reviewed. Data included the distribution of age, client by category, anatomical site and size, serologically coexisti...

Department of Dermatology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia A 72-year-old man presented with a 10-year history of phimosis. Circumcision revealed a large, warty mass on his glans. Biopsy demonstrated condyloma acuminata. Over one year they failed to respond to cautery, cryotherapy and topical imiquimod. Further biopsies confirmed that the lesion was histopatho...

First described in 1925, giant condyloma acuminatum also known as Buschke-Löwenstein tumor (BLT) is a benign, slow-growing, locally destructive cauliflower-like lesion usually in the genital region. The disease is usually locally aggressive and destructive with a potential for malignant transformation. The causative organism is human papilloma virus. The most common risk factor is immunosuppres...

We have recently encountered a bowenoid papulo-sis (BP) patient whose lesion distributed in a remarkable linear arrangement. Bowenoid papulosis was characterized by slightly elevated papules or plaques in the genital region that histologically resembled Bowen's disease (BD) [1]. Its lesions may be discrete or coalesce to form patches, rings to a rare linear patterns [2]. A 31-year-old male was ...

Following very clear recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, the Canadian government has earmarked $300 million for purchasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. I am in almost complete agreement with this decision. I might be seen as biased, as I was an investigator for the quadrivalent vaccine, but I am more biased owing to the fact that I have performed thousands...

Introduction: Condyloma acuminata that is also known as genital warts are one of the most common sexually transmitted caused by infection Human papillomavirus (HPV). Persistent Low Risk (LR) or High risk (HR) HPV a factor for progress into benign malignant cancer. The objective to analyze distribution genotype LR-HPV and HR-HPV at condyloma in anogenital region. Methods: A cross sectional study...