In 202 women with koilocytotic atypia in cervical smears, 136 had predominantly small condylomata of the uterine cervix, and 66 had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) of varying degree either with koilocytosis of the neoplasia or associated with condylomata. Koilocytosis correlated well with the histological diagnosis of condylomata, but occasionally it obscured the cytological evidence o...

INTRODUCTION Condyloma acuminatum has previously been considered to be a benign growth with no malignant potential, but a review of the literature supports the concept that condylomata acuminata may precede or be associated with invasive squamous cell carcinoma (ISCC) or warty squamous cell carcinoma (WSCC). CASE REPORT We present a clinical case of a 58-year old woman with large, slow-growin...

A patient with secondary syphilis and extensive condylomata lata on the face, neck, axillae, groins, and genitalia is described. His facial condylomata lata affected the eyelids, medial canthus, nasolabial folds, angles of the mouth, and chin. Condylomata lata of the eyelids has not been described previously.

A 49-year-old man with a long-standing history of alcohol abuse was admitted to the Nephrology Department because acute kidney injury. Previous medical unremarkable. Physical examination revealed severe dehydration and large (15 × 25 cm) verrucous mass (Figure 1A ) an associated ulceration localized in anal region. Small lesions were also on lower abdomen scrotum 1B). Testing for human immunode...

This paper describes a possible multifaceted approach to human papillomavirus (HPV) related surveillance in Australia following implementation of a national HPV vaccination program. We describe eight main components: monitoring of vaccine coverage, vaccine safety, type-specific HPV infection surveillance, cervical cytology (Pap screening) coverage and screen detected lesion prevalence, cervical...

BACKGROUND In the treatment of multiple warts, there is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different modalities of treatment need to be combined. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts. METHODS A total of 60 patients of multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts were enrolled. Homologous autoimplantation was ...

Evidence Three large international RCTs in females aged 15 to 26 used modified intention-to-treat analysis (including patients with positive test results for HPV at baseline) for all HPV lesions.1-4 • Quadrivalent vaccine (HPV 6, 11, 16, and 18): -FUTURE 1 trial1 following 5455 women for 4 years found decreased external genital lesions (3.8% vs 5.7% [placebo]; number needed to vaccinate [NNV] =...

OBJECTIVE To measure the association between oral contraceptive use and the prevalence of genital warts in women. METHODS Cross sectional case control study comparing oral contraceptive use in women with and without genital warts attending a city centre genitourinary medicine clinic controlling for recent sexual activity, the presence of other sexually transmitted infections, socio-economic c...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine factors that influence parent's acceptance of a mandatory school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program. METHODS A convenience sample of 325 parents, with children aged 9 to 17 years old, completed a 53-item survey. Survey questions targeted their opinions about HPV, the HPV vaccine, and a mandatory HPV vaccination program....