Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- intercourse at an early age
- increasing number of lifetime sexual partners
- increasing number of partner's lifetime sexual partners
- immunocompromise
- female ages 19-22
- male ages 22-26
- sessile exophytic papillomas
Risk factors
- intercourse at an early age
- increasing number of lifetime sexual partners
- increasing number of partner's lifetime sexual partners
- immunocompromise
Diagnostic investigations
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Pariser Dermatology Specialist
Williamsburg
VA
Disclosures
NM declares that she is a board member of the Virginia Dermatology Society.
Clinical Professor
Departments of Dermatology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Internal Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston
TX
Disclosures
SKT declares that he has no competing interests.
Dr Natalia Mendoza and Dr Stephen K. Tyring would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Brenda L. Pellicane, a previous contributor to this topic. BLP declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston
TX
Disclosures
AM declares that she has no competing interests.
Consultant Genitourinary Physician
Woolmanhill Hospital
Aberdeen
Scotland
UK
Disclosures
SB declares that he has no competing interests.
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