CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM OF THE UROGENITAL TR ACT AND ITS UROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS - STUDY IN 257 CASES

A retrospective study was conducted during 8 years to determine the ep idemiological features of condyloma and its complications in patients attending urology consultations in Lome teaching hospital. During this period, 257 cases (218 males, 38 femeles) of condyloma were diagnosed . The condyloma represented the fifth cause of consultation in urology , after genito-urinary infection (n = 1214), prostatic dysuria (n = 10 95), vagino-vesical fistula (n = 849), lower tractus urinary lithiasis (n = 500). The average age of the patients was 28 years (range: 14-57 ). In 51 cases the condyloma were associated with others sexually tran smited diseases: 25 cases of gonococcal infection, 11 cases of chancro id, 9 cases of vaginal candidiasis, and 6 cases of genital trichomonia sis. We noted 41 cases of urological complications: 19 cases of urinar y infection, 13 cases of retention of urine, 7 cases of urinary forked jet, and 2 cases of urethrorragia. The results of this study shows th at, the condyloma is common sexually transmited disease seen in urolog y clinic. Its classically benign course in patients males, were prodom ined, in this sex, by the urinary infection and urological mechanical accidents.