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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]
Overview
History
A detailed and thorough history from the patient is necessary. Specific areas of focus when obtaining a history from the patient include:[1][2]
- 1- Recent sexual activities
- 2- Number of sex partners or any new partner
- 3- Using condom
- 4- History of prior STDs
- 5- Sex practice
- 6- Number of pregnancies
- 7- Recent close contact with persons having cutaneous wart
Symptoms
Cutaneous lesions
The hallmark of cutaneous involvement is pruritus however, most of people acquiring HPV are asymptomatic. The clinical manifestation of HPV infection is wart that sometimes might be painful.[3]
Anogenital lesions
Intraepithelial neoplasia (squamous cell carcinoma)
These lesions are mostly asymptomatic although, may cause postcoital spotting or vaginal discharge. When it progress to squamous cell carcinoma, the presenting symptoms would be abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain and painful intercourse.[1]
Condylomata acuminata
They are often asymptomatic but may cause pruritus, bleeding, burning, tenderness, vaginal discharge and pain. Large exophitic lesions may interfere with defication, intercourse or even delivery.[1]
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
Present with hoarseness or in infants, with an altered cry. Sometimes, leads to respiratory distress and stridor.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bennett, John (2015). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9781455748013.
- ↑ Ho GY, Bierman R, Beardsley L, Chang CJ, Burk RD (1998). "Natural history of cervicovaginal papillomavirus infection in young women". N. Engl. J. Med. 338 (7): 423–8. doi:10.1056/NEJM199802123380703. PMID 9459645.
- ↑ Jablonska S, Orth G, Obalek S, Croissant O (1985). "Cutaneous warts. Clinical, histologic, and virologic correlations". Clin. Dermatol. 3 (4): 71–82. PMID 2850861.
- ↑ Venkatesan NN, Pine HS, Underbrink MP (2012). "Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis". Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. 45 (3): 671–94, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2012.03.006. PMC 3682415. PMID 22588043.