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A condyloma acuminatum is a single genital wart, and condylomata acuminata are multiple genital warts. The word roots mean 'pointed wart' (from Greek κόνδυλος 'knuckle', Greek -ωμα -oma 'disease', and Latin acuminatum 'pointed').
Giant condyloma acuminatum (also known as a Buschke–Löwenstein tumor [1]) is a rare cutaneous condition characterized by an aggressive, wart-like growth that is a verrucous carcinoma. [ 2 ] : 409 It is attributed to human papillomavirus .
Condyloma (plural: "Condylomata", from Greek “kondylōma” "knuckle") refers two types of infection of the genitals: Condyloma acuminata , or genital warts , caused by human papilloma virus subtypes 6, 11, and others
Gardasil is designed to prevent infection with HPV types 16, 18, 6, and 11. HPV types 16 and 18 currently cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases, [13] [14] and also cause some vulvar, vaginal, [11] penile and anal cancers. [12] HPV types 6 and 11 are responsible for 90% of documented cases of genital warts. [17]
HPV infection of the skin in the genital area is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. [34] Such infections are associated with genital or anal warts (medically known as condylomata acuminata or venereal warts), and these warts are the most easily recognized sign of genital HPV infection. [citation needed]
When used without context, it frequently refers to infections (squamous cell papilloma) caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), such as warts. Human papillomavirus infection is a major cause of cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, vaginal cancer, penis cancer, anal cancer, and HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancers.
Human papillomavirus—HPV is a risk factor in the development of penile cancer. [9] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HPV is responsible for about 800 (about 40%) of 1,570 cases of penile cancer diagnosed annually in the United States. [10] [11] There are more than 120 types of HPV. [12]
HPV DNA can be found in up to 87% of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) and 29% of invasive vulvar cancers; HPV 16 is the most commonly detected subtype in VIN and vulvar cancer, followed by HPV 33 and HPV 18. [15] VIN is a superficial lesion of the skin that has not invaded the basement membrane—or a pre-cancer. [16]