Guillermin-Vazquez C, Silva-Campos P, Pérez-Bautista A

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ABSTRACT

Case presentation: A 32-year-old woman with an exophytic neoformation at the base of the tongue, 7mm in diameter, of 8 months evolution, clinically and histologically compatible with intraoral verruca vulgaris due to human papillomavirus, associated with gingivitis. Chronic for bad hygiene, without apparent risky sexual behavior. Discussion: The vulgar intraoral warts due to human papilloma virus have two major legal medical implications: on the one hand, it has been observed that the human papilloma virus has an important oncogenic potential, especially in mucous tumors, with which the squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity is more frequent in people seropositive to the human papillomavirus; On the other hand, the presence of lesions caused by the virus makes it necessary to rule out a crime of sexual origin, given the relationship between the virus and risky sexual practices and the possibility of oral transmission of the virus related to the latter, especially in sexual crimes with violence. The case presented here illustrates the need to perform an adequate study protocol to rule out neoplastic evolution or the possible presence of sexual crimes or risky sexual practices.

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