Buschke –Löwenstein tumour

Buschke –Löwenstein tumour

The Buschke–Löwenstein tumour is uncommon. It has the histological pattern of a verrucous carcinoma. It is locally destructive and invasive but appears not to spread to lymph nodes or to metastasise. Treatment is by surgical excision. Frederic E Mohs , 1910–2002, twentieth century American physician and general surgeon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, developed the Mohs’ micrographic surgical technique in 1938 for cutaneous malignant lesions. Abraham Buschke , 1868–1943, dermatologist, Berlin, Germany . Ludwig Löwenstein , 1885–1959, dermatologist, Berlin, Germany . Jean Alfred Fournier , 1832–1915, French syphilologist and founder of the V enereal and Dermatological Clinic, Hôpital St Louis, Paris, France. - - e

Figure 85.25 Fournier’s gangrene.