title: Condyloma acuminata in child end laser therapy: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Condyloma acuminata are soft, skin colored, fleshy warts that are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The disease is highly contagious, can appear singly or in groups, small or large. The incubation period may be from 1-6 months. Although anogenital warts are considered to be sexually transmitted in adults, this may not be the case for children. Genital warts in children may result from several modes of transmission: from the maternal genital tract autoinoculation, from finger warts and nonsexual transmission from members/careers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The presented case is a 13-month-old girl. She was hospitalized at the Clinic of Dermatovenerology in 2001 due to papillomatosis changes on the genital area. The changes had started to appear in the sixth month of life, light purple in color, smooth and combined in a tumorous mass, in the vulva and anal areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From this case we can come to the conclusion that condyloma acuminate are not only transmitted sexually but through nonsexual ways as well, such is this case, from the infected mother to the infant. Laser therapy is preferred when multiple warts are spread over a large area as though in our case.
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Prishtine, Republic of Kosovo. myberaf@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mybera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferizi
authors.forename: Antigona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gercari
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pajaziti
authors.forename: Ymrane
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blyta
authors.forename: Allma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocinaj
authors.forename: Shkendije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobruna