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Detection of human papillomavirus type 34 in Bowen's disease on the pubic area
Author(s) -
Hara H,
Honda A,
Suzuki H,
Matsukura T
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01388.x
Subject(s) - bowen's disease , medicine , nodule (geology) , dermatology , human papillomavirus , lesion , seborrheic keratosis , sex organ , skin lesion , pathology , dyskeratosis , hyperkeratosis , basal cell , biology , paleontology , genetics
We describe an 86‐year‐old man with Bowen's disease on the pubic area. The lesion was clinically a black‐brownish keratotic nodule resembling seborrheic keratosis. Histopathological findings showed those of Bowen's disease and harboured human papillomavirus type 34 DNA. Genital, but not skin, human papillomaviruses are responsible for Bowen's disease on the skin.