Perianal Hailey-Hailey disease: an unusual differential diagnosis of condylomata acuminata

Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Nov;19(11):791-2. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008102.

Abstract

We describe a 25-year-old woman with multiple papules in the perianal and perineal area, clinically resembling condylomata acuminata. The histology revealed an acantholytic epidermis and focal parakeratosis. The lesions were diagnosed as Hailey-Hailey disease localized in the perianal areal and need to be distinguished from human papillomavirus-associated genital lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anus Diseases / pathology*
  • Condylomata Acuminata / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pemphigus, Benign Familial / diagnosis
  • Pemphigus, Benign Familial / pathology*
  • Pruritus Ani / pathology*