PURPOSE: To report evidence of many human papillomavirus types occurring in a solitary syringoma clinically appearing as a papilloma. METHODS: A 57-year-old man presented with a 10-year history of an upper eyelid tumor. Histopathology, human papillomavirus-nested polymerase chain reaction, human papillomavirus-DNA cloning into vector pCR2.1, sequencing, and computer-assisted evaluation were performed. RESULTS: Histopathology demonstrated a solitary benign syringoma. HPV-20 and HPV-23 were present in one clone each, and HPV-5-related HPV-DL332 was present in 9 clones. CONCLUSION: Many human papillomavirus types may be detected in an ocular syringoma.
PURPOSE: To report evidence of many human papillomavirus types occurring in a solitary syringoma clinically appearing as a papilloma. METHODS: A 57-year-old man presented with a 10-year history of an upper eyelid tumor. Histopathology, human papillomavirus-nested polymerase chain reaction, human papillomavirus-DNA cloning into vector pCR2.1, sequencing, and computer-assisted evaluation were performed. RESULTS: Histopathology demonstrated a solitary benign syringoma. HPV-20 and HPV-23 were present in one clone each, and HPV-5-related HPV-DL332 was present in 9 clones. CONCLUSION: Many human papillomavirus types may be detected in an ocular syringoma.
Authors: Kate V Atkinson; Lisa A Bishop; Glenn Rhodes; Nicolas Salez; Neil R McEwan; Matthew J Hegarty; Julie Robey; Nicola Harding; Simon Wetherell; Robert M Lauder; Roger W Pickup; Mark Wilkinson; Derek Gatherer Journal: Genome Announc Date: 2017-08-03
Authors: Kate V Atkinson; Lisa A Bishop; Glenn Rhodes; Nicolas Salez; Neil R McEwan; Matthew J Hegarty; Julie Robey; Nicola Harding; Simon Wetherell; Robert M Lauder; Roger W Pickup; Mark Wilkinson; Derek Gatherer Journal: Genome Announc Date: 2017-05-18