Common variable immunodeficiency syndrome associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Am J Clin Dermatol. 2007;8(5):307-10. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200708050-00006.

Abstract

We report the association of common variable immunodeficiency syndrome with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) manifesting as flat warts and squamous cell carcinomas in a 21-year-old Hispanic woman. Human papillomavirus (HPV) typing by polymerase chain reaction using an EV-HPV primer system, cloning, and sequencing detected HPV-8 and HPV-23 DNAs in the biopsy sample. Our case is the second reported case of common variable immunodeficiency syndrome associated with EV.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betapapillomavirus / genetics
  • Betapapillomavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency / complications*
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency / pathology
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency / virology
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / complications*
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / pathology
  • Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Viral