papillomatosis

papillomatosis /pap·il·lo·ma·to·sis/ (pap″il-o″mah-to´sis) development of multiple papillomas.

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pap·il·lo·ma·to·sis (pp-lm-tss)

n.

1. The development of numerous papillomas.

2. Papillary projections of the epidermis forming a microscopically undulating surface.

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papillomatosis

[pap′ilōmətō′sis]

Etymology: L, papilla + Gk, oma, tumor, osis, condition

an abnormal condition characterized by widespread development of nipplelike growths.

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papillomatosis

disease state characterized by the development of multiple papillomas. See also papilloma, papillomavirus, fibropapilloma.

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canine viral papillomatosis

multiple papillomas, caused by a papillomavirus, occur most commonly on the oral mucosa and lips of young dogs. Occasionally skin, cornea, conjunctiva and eyelids are also involved. The tumors may persist for several months, occasionally longer, but spontaneous regression is usual.

Canine viral papillomatosis. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989

cottontail rabbit papillomatosis

infection by a papilloma virus specific to Sylvilagus floridanus, causes cutaneous papillomas which may become malignant.

genital papillomatosis

multiple fibropapillomas of the anogenital skin transmitted venereally in cattle, usually involving the vulva and penis. There is also a genital form of the disease in pigs. See bovine papillomavirus and transmissible porcine papillomatosis (below).

oral papillomatosis

see oral lapine papillomatosis (below), canine viral papillomatosis (above).

oral lapine papillomatosis

small, gray, sessile or pedunculated tumors on the undersurface of the tongue and rarely at other sites in the mouth, caused by a papillomavirus. Seen in Oryctolagus and Sylvilagus spp.

teat papillomatosis

there are five antigenically identified papillomaviruses which cause warts on the teats of cows. Lesions vary from ricegrain lesions to long tags of keratinized tissue.

transmissible porcine papillomatosis

in the prepuce of the boar as papular 0.5 to 1 inch diameter lesions; spontaneous disappearance and persistent subsequent immunity.

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Patient discussion about papillomatosis.

Q. I have confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of gourgerot and carteaud.Any treatments? I am currently using antibiotics - tetrasil and have tried anti fungal creams but has still not gone.

A. you have to be patient. anti fungal treatment takes between 2 to 6 weeks. and you have to use the cream as instructed, and the amount it was instructed. if after 4 weeks you don't see even the slightest change- then go back to the Dr. if they said fungal- they might tested it and it came up positive to fungus, but it can also be a false positive.