DNA Hybridization Studies of a Case of Oropharyngeal Papillomatosis from a Patient with Genital Warts

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the upper aerodigestive tract (mouth, nose, pharynx, larynx) is associated with a range of benign and malignant lesions. Certain HPV genotypes are found in both genital and upper respiratory tract lesions', and recent reports have implicated orogenital sexual contact in the increase in adult-onset respiratory papillornatosis-, In a survey of patients with warts attending a genitourinary medicine clinic in order to estimate the prevalence of HPV-associated lesions-', a case of genital and respiratory tract HPV infection was identified, and HPV typing techniques were applied.