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A condyloma acuminatum is a single genital wart, and condylomata acuminata are multiple genital warts. The word roots mean 'pointed wart' (from Greek κόνδυλος 'knuckle', Greek -ωμα -oma 'disease', and Latin acuminatum 'pointed'). Although similarly named, it is not the same as condyloma latum, which is a complication of secondary ...
Micrograph of a medullary thyroid carcinoma, as may be seen in MEN 2A and MEN 2B. H&E stain. MEN 2B is sometimes known as MEN 3 and the designation varies by institution (c.f. www.ClinicalReview.com). Although a variety of additional eponyms have been proposed for MEN2B (e.g. Williams-Pollock syndrome, Gorlin-Vickers syndrome, and Wagenmann ...
A review in 2003 came to the conclusion that pelvimetry does not change the management of pregnant women, and recommended that all women should be allowed a trial of labor regardless of pelvimetry results. [2] It considered routine performance of pelvimetry to be a waste of time, a potential liability, and an unnecessary discomfort. [2]
Surgeons, including urologists and/or anyone in the room, are subject to HPV infection by inhalation of noxious viral particles during electrocautery or laser ablation of a condyloma (wart). [106] There has been a case report of a laser surgeon who developed extensive laryngeal papillomatosis after providing laser ablation to patients with ...
Males become externally distinct between 8 and 12 weeks, as androgens enlarge the genital tubercle and cause the urogenital groove and sinus to fuse in the midline, producing an unambiguous penis with a phallic urethra, and the labioscrotal swellings become a thinned, rugate scrotum where the testicles are situated. Dihydrotestosterone will ...
Giant condyloma acuminatum (also known as a Buschke–Löwenstein tumor [1]) is a rare cutaneous condition characterized by an aggressive, wart-like growth that is a verrucous carcinoma. [2]: 409 It is attributed to human papillomavirus. [3] Due to their size, these tumors can be locally invasive and destructive.
The partial unresponsiveness of the cell to the presence of androgenic hormones impairs the masculinization of male genitalia in the developing fetus, as well as the development of male secondary sexual characteristics at puberty, but does not significantly impair female genital or sexual development.
A pyogenic granuloma or lobular capillary hemangioma [3] is a vascular tumor that occurs on both mucosa and skin, and appears as an overgrowth of tissue due to irritation, physical trauma, or hormonal factors.