Human papillomavirus type 6 infection involving cutaneous nongenital sites

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Nov;27(5 Pt 2):876-9. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(92)70271-g.

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 is classically considered a mucosatropic virus. Interestingly, clinical manifestations of HPV 6 infection that involve nonmucosal or nongenital sites have rarely been described. The reasons for this site specific infectivity of HPV 6 are unknown. We describe a patient who had condylomata acuminata-like lesions that involved cutaneous nongenital sites; HPV 6 DNA was detected in skin biopsy specimens with use of the polymerase chain reaction, followed by hybridization with use of type-specific DNA probes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arm
  • Child
  • Condylomata Acuminata / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg Dermatoses / microbiology
  • Leg Dermatoses / pathology*
  • Papillomaviridae* / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin Diseases, Viral / pathology*
  • Tumor Virus Infections / pathology*