squamous papilloma

[scaredsos]

The lesion is very flat and nonconscpicous. So the dr had a biopsy of scrotum. suspected to be condyloma. pathology report came back squamous cell papilloma (with acanthosis). the doctor said :" don't worry. it's not condyloma." "it's not infectious"

However, when I looked up NZ derm, I found it is still wart. it is still caused by HPV which infectious. what is the difference between condyloma and this. Shouldn't I still be worried. Are there any other possible diagnosis beside wart for this description? By the way, I had one exposure with someone with HPV 16.

Thanks so much for your time and help. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this.

[ashikrahman97]

A related discussion, Squamous papilloma was started.

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

A squamous papilloma is a benign growth.  It is not necessarily a wart.  Even if was a wart, you took care of it, and there's not much else to do.  There's no way to tell when exposure was even when a bump is definitely a wart.  In your case the biopsy casts the diagnosis of wart in considerable doubt, since the pathologist did not find the signs that establish the diagnosis of wart.  I advise you to follow the suggestion of your doctor, and to forget about it.  I would further advise against more internet research, which is not going to answer any of your questions.  I am sure you did nit catch this, if you caught anything, from the sexual contact you describe.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff

[scaredsos]

addendum to my question

by the way, the lesion being flat and small. I read this is typical of HPV 16 infection. I had 1/2 stroke of penetration and the rest was mainly genital hand genital contact. I did catch chlamydia from her though. So I guess I pretty much did catch HPV 16 from her?

could normal skin also have squamous papilloma? am I infectious? what's the chance of this being type 16 HPV which could be cancerous? would HPV dna typing on biopsy be sensitive in detecting what type of HPV?