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...

© 2015 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1935 Journal Compilation © 2015 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Condylomata acuminata (CA) are sexually transmitted benign warty lesions that usually affect the anogenital epithelium. Low-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, such as HPV type 6 or 11, is associated with the disease (1). These lesions exhibit a small papular, filiform or ...

acuminatum (GCA) on the penile foreskin. Buschke and Lowenstein further elaborated on this clinical entity in 1925. 2 GCA, synonymous with BuschkeLowenstein tumor, is a variant of condyloma acuminatum, which appeared cytologically benign but behaved in a malignant manner with the risk of transformation to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). GCA is characterized by its aggressiveness to unde...