Warts

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Warts, multiple - on hands

Warts, flat on the cheek and neck

Wart (verruca) with a cutaneous horn on the toe

Warts

Alternative Names:

Plane juvenile warts; Periungual warts; Subungual warts; Plantar warts; Verruca; Verrucae planae juveniles; Filiform warts; Verruca vulgaris
Symptoms:

Small, hard, flat or raised skin lesion or lump
Abnormally dark or light skin surrounding the lesion
Numerous small, smooth, flat (pinhead sized) lesions on forehead, cheeks, arms, or legs
Rough, round, or oval lesions on soles of feet --flat to slightly raised --painful to pressure
Rough growths around or under fingernails or toenails

Signs and tests:

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Warts can generally be diagnosed simply by their location and appearance. Your doctor may want to cut into a wart (called a biopsy) to confirm that it is not a corn, callus, or other similar-appearing growth.

References:

Lacey CJ. Therapy for genital human papillomavirus-related disease. J Clin Virol. 2005; Suppl 1: S82-90.

Dorland?s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Wart. Available at: http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_w_01zPzhtm. Accessed June 6, 2005.