Recurrent Buschke-Löwenstein tumor treated using CO(2) laser vaporization.
A 69-year-old woman had a 4-year history of recurrent giant condylomas (Buschke-Lowenstein tumor) in the anal and perianal regions, with extension to the vulva and vagina. After failure of 3 surgical excisions, one of which was radical, the condition was successfully treated using carbon dioxide laser vaporization and systemic interferon therapy. After 3 years of follow-up, the patient has not experienced a recurrence.
Perniola
Giorgia
G
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. pergio@gmail.com
d'Itri
Federica
F
Di Donato
Violante
V
Achilli
Chiara
C
Lo Prete
Elisa
E
Panici
Pierluigi Benedetti
PB
D000368:Aged; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D054020:Lasers, Gas / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*