Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis with severe hand and foot deformity successfully treated with surgical excision

Fang Fang; Liang Zhao; Ming-jun Jiang; Yan Wang; Qian-qiu Wang

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.013

Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis with severe hand and foot deformity successfully treated with surgical excision

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008;61(3):338-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.013. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

Authors

Fang Fang¹, Liang Zhao, Ming-jun Jiang, Yan Wang, Qian-qiu Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatologic Surgery, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 12 Jiang-wang-miao Road, Nanjing 210042, China. [email protected]

PMID: 18267314
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.013

Abstract

Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis is a rare skin disease due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. We report here a male patient of 39 years with severe giant lesion of hands and feet leading to disability for 20 years. The function of the hands was almost lost. We treated the case with the shaving technique and a satisfactory result without recrudescence in the following two years. No apparent scarring resulted.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / complications
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / pathology
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / surgery*
Foot Deformities, Acquired / pathology
Foot Deformities, Acquired / surgery*
Foot Deformities, Acquired / virology
Hand Deformities, Acquired / pathology
Hand Deformities, Acquired / surgery*
Hand Deformities, Acquired / virology
Hand Dermatoses / pathology
Hand Dermatoses / surgery
Hand Dermatoses / virology
Humans
Male
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods