Spontaneous Regression Of A Recalcitrant Wart After Bivalent Papillomavirus Vaccination
Martin, J. M., Mateo, E., & Ramón, D. (2018). Spontaneous Regression of a Recalcitrant Wart after Bivalent Papillomavirus Vaccination. The Journal of pediatrics, 194, 259–259.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.11.022
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Disease Location
Skin
Personal Characteristics
10-year-old girl
Clinical Characteristics
Presented with a wart located on the right finger of her hand that had appeared 9 months before. It had been refractory to multiple topical treatments used, including cryotherapy (6 sessions), salicylic acid, and cantharidin
Remission Characteristics
Ten days after receiving the first dose of the human papillomavirus (hpv) bivalent vaccine, total remission of the wart was noted
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
In addition to an immune response to the l1 capsid protein, a nonspecific effect related to locally released chemokines could also be involved
Clinical Treatment
Human papillomavirus bivalent vaccine
Non-Clinical Treatment
None reported