[Giant inguinal condyloma (Buschke Lowenstein tumor) with a clinical aspect of squamous carcinoma].

Abstract

This paper presents a patient with multiple condyloma and a Buschke-Lowenstein tumor in the groin with clinical aspect of a squamous carcinoma. Malignity was histologically ruled out in this case. Lesions were treated by surgery and during the postoperative period, the patient was treated with interferon alpha i.m. at a rate of 9 x 10(6) UI/day three times a week for 3 weeks. One year after the treatment, the patient had not shown any relapse.

• Authors: M Moreira Preciado, A Pérez López, M Colomé Escobar
• Journal: Revista cubana de medicina tropical (Rev Cubana Med Trop) Vol. 52 Issue 1 Pg. 70-2 ( 2000) ISSN: 0375-0760 [Print] Cuba
• Vernacular Title: Condiloma gigante inguinal (tumor de Buschke-Lowenstein) con aspecto clínico de carcinoma escamoso.
• PMID: 11107897 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiviral Agents
• Interferon Type I
• Recombinant Proteins

Topics

• Adult
• Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use)
• Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (diagnosis)
• Condylomata Acuminata (diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Follow-Up Studies
• Groin
• Humans
• Interferon Type I (therapeutic use)
• Male
• Postoperative Care
• Recombinant Proteins
• Time Factors