Extramammary Paget s disease in an HIV-positive patient

Vol. 58 No. 3, 2017

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Constantin Caruntu, Sabina Andrada Zurac, Gheorghita Jugulete, Daniel Boda

Extramammary Paget s disease (EMPD) is an uncommon intraepithelial carcinoma usually found as an irregular, pruritic plaque on the apocrine-rich anogenital skin. Diagnosis of EMPD is challenging due to the rarity of the disease and the uncharacteristic clinical aspect and requires histopathological confirmation. We report the case of a 62-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive male, which presents with a lesion of the left part of pubic area with clinical and dermatoscopic appearance suggestive for Bowen s disease but with histopathological diagnosis of EMPD. We present pathological and immunohistochemical data to confirm the diagnosis.

Corresponding author: Sabina Andrada Zurac, MD, PhD; e-mail: sabina_zurac@yahoo.com

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