Polymerase chain reaction study of anogenital condylomas for high risk HPV types

Anogenital wart is a common sexually transmitted disease affecting both genders. The aim of this study was to evaluate human papilloma virus types of anogenital warts with Polymerase Chain Reaction [PCR]. 65 formalin fixed paraffin embedded [FFPE] tissue blocks of the anogenital warts obtained from the pathology lab of Loghman Hakim hospital were included in this study. In 27 samples [41.5%], human papilloma virus was detected by PCR. In addition, low risk HPV types [6, 11] were identified in all samples without any positivity for high risk HPV types [16, 18, 31 and 33]. By finding low risk HPV types in all samples, it could be concluded that Anogenital warts seems not to be precursors of anogenital malignancies