A 25-year-old woman has cauliflower shaped perineal lesions that are diagnosed as condyloma acuminatum. The etiologic agent is
Correct Answer: HPV.
Description: Condyloma acuminatum is a nonmalignant neoplastic-like papillomatous condition that affects epithelium of the perineal, vulval, perianal and vaginal regions. It is caused by HPV (most often HPV 6 and 11). Given histopathological slide is showing Condyloma acuminatum Acanthosis and koilocytosis of squamous epithelium. Branching villous structure Genital herpes is usually caused by HSV type 2. T. pallidum is a spirochete and the etiologic agent of syphilis. H. ducreyi causes chancroid, a painful, erosive, chancre-like lesion.
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