The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that particular clinical features of foreskin condylomata acuminata in Chinese male patients are associated with diabetes. A prospective study enrolled 126 men presenting with foreskin condylomata acuminata from 2001 to 2006. Mean age was 46 years (age range 25-74 years) and mean duration of disease was 4.8 months (range 1-18 months). Patients we...

In an unusual case of condylomata lata of the palms the development of moist hypertrophic papular eruptions is probably explained by the fact that the patient was a car-driver and had hyperhidrosis of the palms.

ETIOLOGY — Condyloma acuminatum is caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. HPV encompasses a family of highly infectious and primarily sexually transmitted double-stranded DNA viruses. The incubation period after exposure ranges from three weeks to eight months. Most infections are transient and cleared within two years [2]. Persistent infections in the setting of other clinical risk f...

A 31 year old man with a condyloma latum simulating a keratoacanthoma at the umbilicus is reported. The umbilicus should be included in the list of known sites of predilection for condylomata lata.

A one year old male child presented with a perianal growth of two months' duration. Clinical and histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of condylomata acuminata, which regressed completely following topical treatment with podophyllin.

Four cases of condylomata acuminata in children (two boys, two girls) are reported. Three children had perianal warts and one vulvar warts. One of the four children had been sexually assaulted, but a history of sexual contact was absent in the other three. Surgical excision was undertaken in one case and the others responded well to the local application of 25% podophyllin in benzoin tincture c...