(1) The presence of areas of condyloma, as well as capsid antigens, indicates that lesions containing HPV 16 share certain similarities with conventional warts associated with other HPVs.
(2) Excised specimen showed typical characteristics of condyloma acuminatum on histology.
(3) Condyloma acuminatum arising on oral mucous membranes exhibits distinct histopathological features that allow for differentiation from the more common squamous papilloma.
(4) Two hundred seventy-nine patients with cervical condylomas or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) were treated as outpatients with cryotherapy.
(5) To determine the incidence of penile condyloma in a group of high risk males, we have performed magnified penile surface scanning and biopsy of suspicious lesions in 51 men.
(6) Lesions with the histologic characteristics of condyloma were excluded from the study.
(7) After direct application to the condyloma, the device produces a precisely adjustable tissue necrosis without tissue adhesion.
(8) 141 were simple condyloma, 50 dysplasia with condyloma and 66 carcinoma with condyloma.
(9) We conclude that, although a portion of low- and high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplastic lesions can be distinguished colposcopically, a significant number of lesions containing features of low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or condyloma contain human papillomavirus 16 deoxyribonucleic acid and cannot be distinguished from presumably innocuous human papillomavirus infections.
(10) When associated vulvovaginal condylomas are disregarded, final groupings with regard to cervical pathologic classification were: 23 high-grade and 71 low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, 164 cases of equivocal atypia (34 of which had detectable human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid), and 754 cases with negative results (38 of which had detectable human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid).
(11) Typical condyloma acuminata that are present in small number and have a less than 5 mm base of implantation are treated by cryotherapy or trichloracetic acid.
(12) Adults with condyloma acuminatum are considered to have a sexually transmitted disease.
(13) This clinical study indicates that laser therapy is a useful method of treatment for condyloma acuminatum because of the short term healing with less complications and good cure rates.
(14) Since only 14% of the patients had a condyloma plus CIN and 3% had CIN alone, patients with a smear diagnosis of dyskeratotic cells may need a more careful follow-up.
(15) The histological features of this tumor were compatible with those of ordinary condyloma acuminatum.
(16) Seventy-three women with normal cervix, condyloma, low- and high-grade CIN and squamous carcinoma were evaluated in comparison with 15 persons with vulvar and 9 with penile papillomavirus-associated lesions.
(17) The local immune responses of such lesions (warts, condyloma acuminata, actinic keratoses, Bowen, basal and squamous cell carcinomas) was studied in 32 frozen skin specimens taken from 15 male transplant recipients and compared to similar lesions from the normal population.
(18) The clinical, histological and virologic criteria of verrucous carcinoma are discussed in comparison to giant condyloma and highly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.
(19) Verrucous carcinoma of the penis (Buschke-Lowenstein tumor, giant condyloma accuminatum) is a common clearly defined variant of epidermoid carcinoma which features relentless local growth and little tendency to metastasize.
(20) Of 83 patients suspected of having oral condyloma on colposcopic examination, 38 (46%) were confirmed histologically.
Skin
Definition:
(n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.
(n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
(n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
(n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
(n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
(n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
(v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
(v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
(v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
(v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
(v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Example Sentences:
(1) The catheter must be meticulously fixed to the skin to avoid its movement.
(2) Elements in the skin therefore seemed to enhance nerve regeneration and function.
(3) This is a fascinating possibility for solving the skin shortage problem especially in burn cases.
(4) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
(5) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
(6) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
(7) Immunofluorescent staining for HLA-DR showed dermal positivity in 12 of 13 involved- and 9 of 13 uninvolved-skin biopsy specimens from scleroderma patients, compared with only 1 of 10 controls.
(8) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(9) A similar interference colour appeared after incubating sections of rat skin with chymase.
(10) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
(11) This study was designed to examine the effect of the storage configuration of skin and the ratio of tissue-to-storage medium on the viability of skin stored under refrigeration.
(12) Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been found to occur in nerve terminals and fibres of the normal human skin using immunohistochemistry.
(13) We recommend analysing the urine for porphyrins in HIV-positive patients who have chronic photosensitivity of the skin.
(14) We investigated the incidence of skin cancer among patients who received high doses of PUVA to see whether such incidence increased.
(15) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(16) In order to develop a sampling strategy and a method for analyzing the circadian body temperature pattern, we monitored estimates of the temperature in four ways using rectal, oral, axillary and deep body temperature from the skin surface every hour for 72 consecutive hours in 10 normal control subjects.
(17) It was shown that the antibiotic had low acute toxicity, did not cumulate and had no skin-irritating effect.
(18) Compliance during dehydration was 7.6 and 12.5% change in IFV per millimeter Hg fall in IFP (micropipettes) in skin and muscle, respectively, whereas compliance in subcutis based on perforated capsule pressure was 2.0% change in IFV per millimeter Hg.
(19) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(20) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.