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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:202-204.

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Conjunctival papillomas are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In children, the lesions are typically manifestations of an infection acquired during delivery.¹ In adults, conjunctival papillomas are most likely venereal and are often associated with anogenital lesions.² Papillomas due to HPV more frequently progress to malignancy in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.³ Human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, and 18 have been identified in benign and malignant conjunctival lesions using various antigen and DNA detection techniques.² For the first time, to our knowledge, we report the finding of HPV type 33 in conjunctival papillomas excised from an HIV-positive patient.

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A 34-year-old HIV-positive man complained of bilateral conjunctival lesions of 4 years' duration. Ten years earlier, he was diagnosed as having HIV after developing pneumocystis pneumonia, a Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection, and perianal HPV condylomata acuminata. While receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), including indinavir sulfate, nevirapine, and combivir, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Dr Buggage, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, Bldg 10, Room 10N112, Bethesda, MD 20892-1857 (e-mail: BuggageR@intra.nei.nih.gov).

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