Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2015)

Human papillomavirus 52 positive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva

  • Silvia Olivia Salceanu,
  • Catalin Constantin,
  • Ion Cijevschi,
  • Ramona Gabriela Ursu,
  • Mirela Grigorovici,
  • Luminita Smaranda Iancu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.154406
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63, no. 2
pp. 166 – 169

Abstract

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is strongly associated with several human cancers; the most known genotypes involved being HPV 16 and HPV 18. We report the detection of HPV 52 in a sample taken from a 47-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva of the left eye. The method used for the detection of HPV was real time polymerase chain reaction. The evolution was favorable after surgical removal of the tumor and the patient was explained that long-term follow-up is essential to avoid recurrence.

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