Buschke -Loewenstein tumor: identification of HPV type 6 and 11

An Bras Dermatol. 2012 Jan-Feb;87(1):131-4. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962012000100018.

Abstract

The authors report a case of exuberant giant condyloma acuminatum of Buschke-Loewenstein in a male patient, slow-growing, progressive and with locally destructive behavior in the inguinal, body of the penis, scrotum, perineal and perianal regions. After surgery he showed no signs of recurrence in 20 months of follow-up. The identification of HPV types 6 and 11 was performed using in situ hybridization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anal Canal / pathology
  • Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor
  • Condylomata Acuminata / pathology*
  • Condylomata Acuminata / surgery
  • Genitalia, Male / pathology
  • Human papillomavirus 11
  • Human papillomavirus 6*
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penile Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Penile Neoplasms / surgery