Epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated papillomavirus infection complicating human immunodeficiency virus disease

Br J Dermatol. 1991 Jan;124(1):79-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb03286.x.

Abstract

Three males infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were noted to have extensive flat warts of the face and/or body. In two there were also pityriasis versicolor-like lesions. Biopsies showed foamy, basophilic, distended cytoplasm in granular layer keratinocytes, characteristic of the human papillomavirus types seen in epidermodysplasia verruciformis. DNA hybridization techniques demonstrated the presence of HPV-type 8 in one patient and HPV 5 and 8 in another. Patients with immune suppression due to HIV infection may demonstrate the clinical features of epidermodysplasia verruciformis with the same potentially oncogenic HPV types.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Complex / complications
  • AIDS-Related Complex / pathology
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / pathology
  • Adult
  • Blotting, Southern
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / complications*
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / microbiology
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / pathology
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Papillomaviridae / genetics
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Viral