Warts (verrucae) are benign growths that are confined to the epidermis. All warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts can appear on any area of the skin or mucous membranes. Com...
Most often made on clinical appearance
Skin biopsy, if necessary
Distribution of warts is generally asymmetric, and lesions are often clustered or may appear in a linear configura...
The abundance of therapeutic modalities described below is a reflection of the fact that none of them is uniformly or even clearly effective in trials. Placebo treatment response rate is sig...
More often than not (especially in children), warts tend to “cure” themselv...
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B07.9 Viral wart, unspecified
B07.0 Plantar wart
A63.0 Anogenital (venereal) warts
B07.8 Other viral warts
078.10 Viral warts, unspecified
078.12 Plantar wart
078.11 Condyloma acuminatum
078.1...
No single therapy for warts is uniformly effective or superior; thus, treatment involves a certain amount of trial and error.
Because most warts in children tend to regress spontaneousl...
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