Two soulmates !!!

Selma El Kadiri, Hanane Bay Bay, Rhizlane Chaoui, Zakia Douhi, Sara Elloudi, Fatima Zahra Mernissi

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco

Corresponding author: Dr. Selma El Kadiri, E-mail: elkadiri-s@hotmail.com

Submission: 25.03.2020; Acceptance: 17.05.2020

DOI: 10.7241/ourd.2020e.55

Cite this article: El Kadiri S, Bay Bay H, Chaoui R, Douhi Z, Elloudi S, Mernissi FZ. Two soulmates !!! Our Dermatol Online. 2020;11(e):e55.1-e55.2.

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Sir,

A woman in her 20s was referred to our consultation with a diagnosis of genital warts treated with two sessions of 50% trichloroacetic acid application. She didn’t report any extramarital sexual intercourse. She also reported similar lesions in her partner. On clinical examination, warty lesions were noted at the vestibule. They were soft, pinkish mucosal projections with regular distribution on the vestibule (Fig. 1). Dermoscopy showed linear, pinkish papillae over the vulvar vestibule and irregular linear vascular channels were observed in the transparent core of papillae (Fig. 2). Histological examination didn’t show any koilocyte changes excluding the diagnosis of genital condyloma. On clinical examination of her husband, we found dome-shaped, whitish and small papules circumferentially at the corona compatible with the diagnosis of pearly penile papules (Fig. 3). We reassured the couple and no treatment was required.

	Figure 1: Vestibular papillomatosis: numerous pale papillomata in the vestibule and on the labia minora.
	Figure 2: Dermoscopy showing pinkish soft lesions arinsing from solitary base.
	Figure 3: Pearly penile papules.

Vestibular papillomatosis or physiologic papillomatosis is a common and normal finding of no significance around the introitus on external examination. Their appearance may be confused with an HPV-related lesion and require a biopsy to condyloma acuminatum [1]. Clinically, it manifests with small, soft, and arranged in a linear distribution, fingerlike papillary projections around the vaginal opening. They can be sometimes painful or pruriginous [2]. The exact etiology is unknown, they are particularly common in pregnancy but they do not appear to be associated with HPV infection [1]. Dermoscopy showed pinkish soft lesions arising from a solitary base with irregular vascular channels in the transparent core of cylindrical papillae [2]. The penile pearly papules are considered to be the male equivalent of vestibular papillomatosis. They are also called hirsutoid papillomas and are frequently mistaken for warts and Tyson or ectopic sebaceous glands. These lesions may regress with circumcision and old age [3]. We named our patient’s soulmates because they have the same physiological condition.

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