Open AccessPrevalence and Types of Genital Lesions in Organ Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Kumar S. Nadhan,
Mary Larijani,
James Abbott,
Alden Doyle,
Anthony Linfante,
Christina Lee Chung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 2168-6084
pISSN - 2168-6068
DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.5801
Subject(s) - medicine , sex organ , organ transplantation , skin cancer , dermatology , cancer , pathology , transplantation , genetics , biology
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common skin cancer diagnosed in solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs) and confers significant mortality. The development of SCC in the genital region is elevated in nonwhite OTRs. Viral induction, specifically human papillomavirus (HPV), is hypothesized to play a role in the pathophysiology of these lesions.
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