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Treatment of a Bowenoid Papulosis of the Penis With Local Applications of Cidofovir in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Robert Snoeck, MD, PhD;
Yves Van Laethem, MD;
Erik De Clercq, MD, PhD;
Josiane De Maubeuge, MD;
Nathan Clumeck, MD, PhD
Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:2382-2384.
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INTRODUCTION
We report a case of bowenoid papulosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome that was successfully treated with local applications of cidofovir
in Beeler base. This treatment should be confirmed as a valuable nonagressive
therapy for such potentially invasive viral-induced cell proliferation.
REPORT OF A CASE
A 38-year-old homosexual man with a 10-year history of human immunodeficiency
virus and an 8-month history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presented
with a fibrotic lesion of the penis in June 1996. His medical history revealed
that he had been diagnosed as having herpes zoster in 1992. He was also known
to be positive for hepatitis B antigen. In 1995, he was treated for clinical Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. In October 1995, treatment
with zidovudine and zalcitabine was initiated (CD4 cell count, 22/µL),
followed by zidovudine and lamivudine . . . [Full Text of this Article]
COMMENT
From the Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Drs Snoeck and De Clercq); and the Departments of
Internal Medicine (Drs Van Laethem and Clumeck) and Dermatology (Dr De Maubeuge),
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
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