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Epidermodysplasia verruciformis and malignant thymoma
Author(s) -
JACYK W.K.,
HAZELHURST J.A.,
DREYER L.,
COCCIAPORTUGAL M.A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1993.tb00981.x
Subject(s) - epidermodysplasia verruciformis , thymoma , medicine , dermatology , pathology , human papillomavirus
Summary We describe a patient with a long history of skin lesions clinically and histologically consistent with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) who developed malignant thymoma. HPV‐9DNA was found in the macular lesion and HPV‐4DNA and HPV‐9DNA in the coexistent common warts. Thrombocytopenia and hypogamma‐globulinaemia preceded the diagnosis of thymoma. Our patient seems to represent an example of an EV‐like syndrome in immunodeficiency.