Condyloma acuminatum

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Condyloma acuminatum, also genital wart, is a common benign pathology of the genital region (vulva, penis, perineum).

The Bethesda system includes condyloma acuminatum in LSIL.[1]

General

  • Due to human papillomavirus (HPV).
    • Transmission: sexual, non-sexual, horizontal (mother to child).[2]
      • Should raise the suspicion of child abuse.

Note:

Clinical DDx:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Koilocytes.[4]
    • Cells with an enlarged nucleus and perinuclear clearing.
  • Papillomatosis.[5]
    • Papillomatosis = surface elevation due to dermal papillae enlargement.[6]
  • +/-Parakeratosis.

DDx:

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Submitted as "Penile Wart", Excision:
- Condyloma acuminatum (genital wart).

Block letters

SKIN LESION ("VULVAR WART"), VULVA, EXCISION:
- CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM (GENITAL WART).
LABIA MINORA, BIOPSY:
- CONDYLOMA/LOW-GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION (LSIL).
-- NEGATIVE FOR HIGH-GRADE DYSPLASIA.

Seborrheic keratosis-like

Submitted as "Penile Wart", Excision:
- Consistent with condyloma acuminatum (genital wart) with 
  seborrheic keratosis-like features.

Block letters

SKIN LESION, PERINEUM, BIOPSY:
- SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS-LIKE CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM (GENITAL WART).

Without viral cytopathic changes

VULVAR LESIONS (x3), EXCISION:
- SQUAMOUS HYPERPLASIA WITH HYPERORTHOKERATOSIS WITHOUT VIRAL CYTOPATHIC EFFECT,
  COMPATIBLE WITH CONDYLOMA (x3).
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

Micro

The sections show a polypoid fragment of skin with epithelium on three sides, acanthosis, hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis. Koilocytic changes (mild nuclear enlargement, perinuclear clearing) are seen focally. There is mild basilar nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia. The epithelium shows maturation to the surface and a granular layer is present.

Seborrheic keratosis-like

The sections show skin with acanthosis with papillomatous features (round bulbous rete ridges, acanthosis with penetrating fibrovascular cores) pseudohorn cysts, parakeratosis and hyperkeratosis. There is no significant basal nuclear atypia. There are no mitoses and no melanocytic nests. There is mild dermal inflammation. There is no solar elastosis. Pigment incontinence is present focally.

See also

References

  1. Nucci, Marisa R.; Oliva, Esther (2009). Gynecologic Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 143. ISBN 978-0443069208.
  2. Lefkowitch, Jay H. (2006). Anatomic Pathology Board Review (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 280 Q29. ISBN 978-1416025887.
  3. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/781735-differential. Accessed on: 5 July 2013.
  4. Huang, Z.; Yang, S.; Li, Q.; Yan, P.; Li, L. (Feb 2001). "[Evaluation the pathological diagnostic values of koilocyte in condyloma acuminatum].". Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 22 (1): 58-60. PMID 11860848.
  5. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 204. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  6. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1230. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.