Ursini T, Polilli E, Congedo G, Tontodonati M, Di Masi F, Mazzotta E, Parruti G, Pippa L
Infectious Disease Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
Case Rep Dermatol. 2011 May;3(2):175-80. doi: 10.1159/000331427. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
Giant warts are infrequent dermatological viral infections caused by Papillomavirus (HPV) in immune-compromised patients. Treatment may often be difficult and unsatisfactory, either by surgery or cytotoxic agents, because of poor immune control of viral activity in such hosts. Here we report on the case of a patient with advanced and persistent immune suppression caused by HIV disease, who developed a monstrous wart covering the entirety of the radial district of his right hand. He was completely healed after a long treatment with traditional Chinese acupuncture, in spite of minimal immune recovery induced by efficacious antiretroviral therapy. To the best of our knowledge, therefore, the present report may be the first direct clinical evidence that acupuncture may be effective in the treatment of cutaneous warts also in HIV-infected patients.
巨大疣是由人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）引起的、发生于免疫功能低下患者的罕见皮肤病毒感染。由于此类宿主对病毒活性的免疫控制较差，无论是通过手术还是细胞毒性药物进行治疗，往往都很困难且效果不佳。在此，我们报告一例因艾滋病导致严重且持续免疫抑制的患者，其右手桡侧区域长出了一个巨大的疣。尽管有效的抗逆转录病毒疗法仅带来了极小程度的免疫恢复，但经过长期的中医针灸治疗后，他完全康复了。因此，据我们所知，本报告可能是针灸对HIV感染患者的皮肤疣治疗也有效的首个直接临床证据。
