title: Focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck disease) in a black child.
abstract: We describe a 3-year-old African male child with focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck disease). The clinical diagnosis was confirmed histologically and by the finding of human papillomavirus type 32.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Graz, Graz, Austria. barbara.binder@klinikum-graz.at
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smolle
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017573:Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000821:virology; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification