title: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis with severe hand and foot deformity successfully treated with surgical excision.
abstract: Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis is a rare skin disease due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. We report here a male patient of 39 years with severe giant lesion of hands and feet leading to disability for 20 years. The function of the hands was almost lost. We treated the case with the shaving technique and a satisfactory result without recrudescence in the following two years. No apparent scarring resulted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatologic Surgery, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 12 Jiang-wang-miao Road, Nanjing 210042, China. fangfang1964@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ming-jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian-qiu
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004819:Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods