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Giant and recurrent condyloma acuminatum: Appraisal of immunotherapy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Eighty-four cases of condyloma acuminatum were presented, with conventional treatment,e.g., surgical excision and fulguration with or without Podophyllin application. Recurrence rate was 28 per cent to 65 per cent, depending on the number and duration of treatments. Immunotherapy was used on 17 patients with recurrent and giant condyloma acuminatum. Condylomata were successfully eradicated in 94.1 per cent of patients, which indicates that immunotherapy is a very effective alternative in the treatment of recurrent and giant condyloma acuminatum.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Jordan, P.O. Box 927 185, Amman, Jordan

    Mohamed S. Eftaiha M.D.

  2. Colo-Rectal Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Albert L. Amshel M.D. & Irving L. Shonberg M.D.

  3. Department of Bacteriology and Serology, Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania

    Badi Batshon Ph.D.

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  1. Mohamed S. Eftaiha M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 7 to 11, 1981.

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Eftaiha, M.S., Amshel, A.L., Shonberg, I.L. et al. Giant and recurrent condyloma acuminatum: Appraisal of immunotherapy. Dis Colon Rectum 25, 136–138 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553258

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