title: Surgical treatment of giant anal condyloma in HIV patients: unanswered questions.
abstract: We are writing to comment on the article by Uribe et al., "Management on giant anal condyloma by wide local excision and anoplasty". [1] Anogenital warts are among the most common sexually transmitted diseases seen in surgical practice, they are found in up to 1.7% of the general population, but in HIV population, they range from 3 to 24.9%. It is important to realise that 78% of patients with external anogenital warts have internal lesions as well although they are unlikely to be proximal to the dentate line. [2] This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion "Salvador Zubirán", México City, México.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vergara-Fernandez
authors.forename: Jl
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Díaz
authors.forename: A Espinosa
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: de Los Monteros
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-Sánchez