[Condylomata acuminata in childhood: report of a case]

Arch Esp Urol. 1998 May;51(4):378-80.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: To report an additional case of condylomata acuminata in a child, review the literature and discuss the medicolegal implications due to the possibility of sexual abuse.

Methods/results: The diagnosis, treatment and clinical course of the lesions are discussed. Psychological evaluation of the child discarded infection by sexual transmission.

Conclusion: Condylomata acuminata in children represent a diagnostic difficulty due to the possibility of infection by sexual transmission, although it should be taken into account that non sexual transmission of this sexually transmissible disease is very frequent in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Condylomata Acuminata / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Penile Diseases / etiology*