RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Flat condylomata of the penis presenting as patchy balanoposthitis.
JF Genitourinary Medicine
JO Genitourin Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 251
OP 253
DO 10.1136/sti.66.4.251
VO 66
IS 4
A1 Arumainayagam, J T
A1 Sumathipala, A H
A1 Smallman, L A
A1 Shahmanesh, M
YR 1990
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/66/4/251.abstract
AB Fifty patients presenting with either primary or recurrent patchy balanoposthitis which became aceto-white after the application of 5% acetic acid underwent biopsy. Microbiological screening, including Grocott staining of the biopsy material for fungal hyphae was performed. Forty nine biopsies showed marked koilocytosis suggestive of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, and of these, only three showed fungal hyphae. This study suggests that HPV may be associated with some cases of patchy balanoposthitis.