Successful improvement of Buschke-Löwenstein tumour in an HIV-infected patient with antiretroviral therapy alone.

Camille Grodner, Aurélia Henn, Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, Sébastien Gallien

BMJ case reports 2016 Nov 21

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Buschke-Löwenstein tumour (BLT), also defined as giant condyloma acuminatum, is a rare exophytic tumour affecting the anogenital and perianal regions associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, with a potential of malignant transformation and which is at a greater risk in T-cell mediated immunodeficient patients. Different therapeutic options, alone or in combination, have been reported for the treatment of BLT including local therapy but wide surgical local excision is however recommended as the most important therapeutic intervention. We report a case of a HIV-infected man who developed a voluminous pelvic BLT which disappeared progressively under antiretroviral therapy with no additional treatment, contemporary to an improvement of his immunity, highlighting the possible spontaneous reversibility of HPV-induced tumours in treated HIV infection. 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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Camille Grodner, Aurélia Henn, Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, Sébastien Gallien. Successful improvement of Buschke-Löwenstein tumour in an HIV-infected patient with antiretroviral therapy alone. BMJ case reports. 2016 Nov 21;2016