The recent outbreaks of sexually transmissible infections (STI) provoke professional concern and public anxiety. There is sporadically published literature reporting cases of vulval, penile and anal cancers presenting at genitourinary medicine clinics. The recent referral of a series of cases, by medical practitioners, as anogenital warts, which were later diagnosed as vulval, penile and anal c...

Men who have sex with men (MSM) have a substantial burden of disease associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, including anogenital warts, anal cancer, penile cancers, and oropharyngeal cancers.1 However, the dynamics of HPV transmission in young MSM are poorly understood. Understanding of the natural history of HPV infection in men has become increasingly important for policy as mo...

Bowenoid papulosis (BP) corresponds to an in situ squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) located in the anogenital region. It is related to HPV, and presents with gray-brown elevated papules or plaques. A biopsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis; however, dermoscopy may be useful to differentiate this disease from other conditions, such as genital warts, seborrheic keratosis and lichen planus. In this ...

A total of 56 cases with warts in which podophyllin treatment was either contraindicated or a failure, were treated with nitrous oxide using a Keymed 500 cryosurgical appliance. Forty-three patients who completed treatment were followed-up for three months. Thirty-seven of these had received applications of podophyllin twice weekly for an average period of three months before cryosurgery. The r...