Detection of human papillomavirus type 34 in Bowen's disease on the pubic area.
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.
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Department of Dermatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. hhara@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Honda
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Suzuki
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Matsukura
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
D004279:DNA, Viral