Oral isotretinoin as first-line systemic therapy in a case of extensive genital warts

Genital warts caused by human papillomavirus are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases seen in the outpatient department. Treatment modalities of genital warts vary depending on the size, site, extent of the lesions, and patient compliance. Here, we report a case of extensive genital...

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Autores principales: Sivasankari, M., Adityan, M. Subramania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846534
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_121_20
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description Genital warts caused by human papillomavirus are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases seen in the outpatient department. Treatment modalities of genital warts vary depending on the size, site, extent of the lesions, and patient compliance. Here, we report a case of extensive genital warts managed with oral retinoids which resulted in complete clearance.
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spelling pubmed-92826842022-07-15 Oral isotretinoin as first-line systemic therapy in a case of extensive genital warts Sivasankari, M. Adityan, M. Subramania Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Reports Genital warts caused by human papillomavirus are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases seen in the outpatient department. Treatment modalities of genital warts vary depending on the size, site, extent of the lesions, and patient compliance. Here, we report a case of extensive genital warts managed with oral retinoids which resulted in complete clearance. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9282684/ /pubmed/35846534 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_121_20 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282684/
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