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Lip Neoplasms , Plastic Surgery Procedures , Humans , Lip/surgery , Surgical Flaps/surgery , Skin , Lip Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
External genital warts, caused by human papillomavirus, have a significant clinical, epidemiological, and financial impact, including the risk for malignant transformation. Treatment modalities include: (a) destructive (ablative); (b) cytotoxic (proapoptotic) and (c) immunomodulatory, with success and recurrence rates varying from 23% to 94% and from 4.1% to 77%, respectively. Most studies evaluated only single modality therapy, with few reports examining a combined approach for external genital warts management. The introduction of sinecatechins ointment in recent years has resulted in very low recurrence rates of 4.1-10.6%, despite lower initial clearance rates than ablative methods. We present a retrospective review of 27 patients who underwent combined therapy for external genital warts by using one or two sessions of cryodestruction combined with 25% podophyllin as the cytotoxic agent, and post-ablation immunomodulation with topical sinecatechins 15% ointment. This approach resulted in an excellent initial clearance rate of 96.3% with a recurrence rate of 7.4% after a total period of six months of follow-up. We suggest the importance of the combined approach in external genital warts management including post-ablative immunomodulation to augment the immune response and combat the residual latent infection. We hope to encourage trials examining the combined approach to the treatment of external genital warts.
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local/administration & dosage , Catechin/therapeutic use , Condylomata Acuminata/drug therapy , Cryosurgery , Immunomodulation , Papillomaviridae , Podophyllin/administration & dosage , Administration, Cutaneous , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Anti-Infective Agents, Local/therapeutic use , Catechin/administration & dosage , Catechin/adverse effects , Combined Modality Therapy , Condylomata Acuminata/virology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Ointments , Plant Extracts/administration & dosage , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Young AdultABSTRACT
Cutaneous angiomyxomas are myofibroblastic neoplasms with locally aggressive behaviour and a high risk of recurrence. We describe a case of a solitary cutaneous angiomyxoma presenting on the nasal dorsum of a 28-year-old man, excised with Mohs surgery using permanent section control and repaired with an advancement flap. Histology showed myxoid nests of bland CD34-positive and vimentin-positive stellate and spindled cells in the deep dermis and abundant thin-walled blood vessels. An echocardiogram, performed to rule out the possibility of a cardiac myxoma with cutaneous embolisation, was normal.
