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Br J Ophthalmol doi:10.1136/bjo.2007.132852
  • Education

Recurrent conjunctival papilloma progressing into squamous cell carcinoma with change of HPV-finding during the course

  1. Laura Bredow,
  2. Gottfried Martin,
  3. Thomas Reinhard,
  4. Hans Mittelviefhaus,
  5. Claudia Auw-Haedrich
  1. University Eye Hospital Freiburg, Germany
  1. * Corresponding author; email: laura.bredow{at}uniklinik-freiburg.de
  • Received 26 November 2007
  • Accepted 24 June 2008
  • Published Online First 19 August 2009

Abstract

TO THE EDITOR: We report a case of a recurrent HPV (human papilloma virus)-negative conjunctival papilloma with subsequent transformation into HPV 16-positive squamous cell carcinoma.

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