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Bowenoid Papulosis
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young, sexually active adults
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histologically resembles Bowen’s disease
Bowen’s disease on biopsy (though less severe), in the silhouette of a condyloma
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lesions usually follow a
benign clinical course
; evolution to invasive carcinoma is
not
observed
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reddish-violaceous or brown, smooth velvety surface
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HPV 16
in high percentage (and HPV 18)