Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in HIV-positive individuals can result in a unique presentation of symptoms. Instead of small papules or vesicles that recur and heal periodically, certain individuals present with large, chronic, verrucous lesions. We report a case in which a 45 year old...

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Autores principales: Luderowski, Eva, Bivalacqua, Trinity, Sopko, Nikolai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2018.05.014
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author Luderowski, Eva
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description Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in HIV-positive individuals can result in a unique presentation of symptoms. Instead of small papules or vesicles that recur and heal periodically, certain individuals present with large, chronic, verrucous lesions. We report a case in which a 45 year old male with acyclovir-resistant HSV-2 and positive HIV-1 serology underwent surgical excision of a verrucous mass on his left hemiscrotum.
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spelling pubmed-60299462018-07-09 Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection Luderowski, Eva Bivalacqua, Trinity Sopko, Nikolai Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in HIV-positive individuals can result in a unique presentation of symptoms. Instead of small papules or vesicles that recur and heal periodically, certain individuals present with large, chronic, verrucous lesions. We report a case in which a 45 year old male with acyclovir-resistant HSV-2 and positive HIV-1 serology underwent surgical excision of a verrucous mass on his left hemiscrotum. Elsevier 2018-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6029946/ /pubmed/29988734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2018.05.014 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title_full Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title_fullStr Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title_full_unstemmed Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title_short Surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection
title_sort surgical excision of a large, verrucous, scrotal mass in a patient with hsv-2 and hiv-1 co-infection
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2018.05.014
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