Oral condyloma acuminatum or venereal wart. Case report.

Oral condyloma acuminatum or venereal wart is an infectious disease of the oral mucosa caused by a virus similar or identical to that causing Verrucae vulgaris and plantaris. It consists of papillomatous projections with marked parakeratosis or keratosis and acanthotic epithelial downgrowths. Vacuolated cells are often a feature of the stratum spinosum. Criteria for the differential diagnosis and surgical management of this condition are presented.