title: [Condyloma acuminatum in children].
abstract: A retrospective study of eleven children affected of condyloma acuminatum is presented. Authors evaluated: age of presentation and consulting, sex, social history, predisposing factors, characteristic and extension of disease, previous venereal diseases, microscopic pathology, treatment and follow up. Age presentation ranged between 1.5 months and 14 years old. Two were male and nine were female. In two cases obvious sexual abuse was demonstrated; close contact without sexual goals in four; in two transmission during labor existed; early sexual activity in one and they didn't evidence mechanism of transmission in two. Predisposing factors include social problems, lack of hygiene, promiscuity, diabetes, ammoniacal erythema and others. Culture was positive for gonococcus in two children. VDRL test was negative in all cases. All of them were treated with 5% 5-fluorouracil cream. Recovery oscillated between seven and twenty-one days, without adverse reactions, except reddening of adjacent skin.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Materno-Infantil Infanta Elena, Orense.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martinón Sánchez
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Martinón Sánchez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fariña Guerrero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michelena del Riego
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mato Prada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission
vernacular_title: Condiloma acuminado en niños.