title: Condyloma acuminatum of the buccal mucosa.
abstract: Condyloma acuminatum is a human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced disease. It is usually transmitted sexually, and it frequently occurs in the anogenital area. A finding of condyloma acuminatum in the oral cavity is rare. Besides HPV, other risk factors for oral condyloma include chewing betel quid and smoking. We report the case of a 52-year-old man who presented with a 2 × 2-cm verrucous white patch on his buccal mucosa. He was habituated to both betel quid and cigarette smoking. A biopsy of the lesion identified it as a verrucous hyperplasia of the squamous epithelium with HPV-related koilocytic changes. The lesion was excised, and further histopathology identified it as condyloma acuminatum. The patient was disease-free 9 months postoperatively. The possibility of condyloma acuminatum should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an oral white lesion. The most common treatments are surgical excision, cryosurgery, electrocautery, and laser excision. There is no known role for antiviral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Mridula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa