Giant-sized condyloma of the breast with focal acantholytic changes.
BACKGROUND
A healthy 26-year-old pregnant woman presented with a 6.0-cm exophytic mass in her left inframammary fold. The lesion was surgically excised.


METHODS
Histopathologic sections of the skin lesion were reviewed in hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides. Additional sections were studied by an in situ hybridization method for human papillomavirus DNA (HPV) types 6 and 11.


RESULTS
The histopathologic examination demonstrated a benign exophytic, verrucous and papillary epidermal proliferation with features of condyloma acuminatum. Reactivity to HPV DNA types 6 and 11 was demonstrated by in situ hybridization method. The epidermis adjacent to, and focally within, the neoplasm showed multiple areas of suprabasilar and intraepidermal acantholysis without dyskeratosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Condylomas related to HPV 6 and 11 may be found in extragenital locations including conjunctiva, oral and nasal mucosa. To our knowledge, however, the extragenital condylomas described in the literature have not included the giant-sized variant. We describe an example of a benign, giant-sized condyloma acuminatum of the breast with nearby acantholytic alterations similar to Hailey-Hailey disease.
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Knoxville Dermatopathology Laboratory, Tennessee 37919, USA. pgooge@labpath.com
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Simmons
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D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology
D004279:DNA, Viral