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Pearly penile papules: absence of human papillomavirus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. 1991

A Ferenczy, and R M Richart, and T C Wright

Department of Pathology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Pearly penile papules clinically resemble the sexually transmitted papular variant of genital condylomata. Histologically, however, pearly penile papules consist of fibropapillomata that lack the characteristic morphologic features of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. To study the possible association of HPV infections with pearly penile papules, we examined tissue specimens from 13 men with pearly penile papules with and without associated penile condylomata. Biopsy specimens were tested for the presence of HPV DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. None of the pearly penile papules contained HPV DNA sequences, whereas four of seven cases clinically suspected of being condylomata associated with pearly penile papules contained HPV DNA. These results confirm that pearly penile papule lesions do not contain HPV DNA; therefore, the distinction between pearly penile papules and penile condylomata is clinically significant.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010409	Penile Diseases	Pathological processes involving the PENIS or its component tissues.	Penis Diseases,Disease, Penile,Disease, Penis,Diseases, Penile,Diseases, Penis,Penile Disease,Penis Disease
D010412	Penile Neoplasms	Cancers or tumors of the PENIS or of its component tissues.	Cancer of Penis,Penile Cancer,Cancer of the Penis,Neoplasms, Penile,Neoplasms, Penis,Penis Cancer,Penis Neoplasms,Cancer, Penile,Cancer, Penis,Cancers, Penile,Cancers, Penis,Neoplasm, Penile,Neoplasm, Penis,Penile Cancers,Penile Neoplasm,Penis Cancers,Penis Neoplasm
D003218	Condylomata Acuminata	Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses.	Genital Warts,Venereal Warts,Warts, Genital,Warts, Venereal,Genital Wart,Venereal Wart,Wart, Genital,Wart, Venereal
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D015344	DNA Probes, HPV	DNA probes specific for the identification of human papilloma virus.	HPV DNA Probes,Human Papilloma Virus DNA Probes,Papilloma Virus DNA Probes,Probes, HPV DNA
D016133	Polymerase Chain Reaction	In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.	Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain