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Molluscum contagiosum (MC), sometimes called water warts, is a viral infection of the skin that results in small raised pink lesions with a dimple in the center. [1] They may become itchy or sore, and occur singularly or in groups. [1] Any area of the skin may be affected, with abdomen, legs, arms, neck, genital area, and face being the most ...
A range of types of wart have been identified, varying in shape and site affected, as well as the type of human papillomavirus involved. [6] [7] These include: Common wart (verruca vulgaris), [8] a raised wart with a roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body. Sometimes known as a Palmer wart or Junior wart.
Two viral warts on a middle finger, being treated with a mixture of acids to remove them. A white precipitation forms on the area where the product was applied. Keratolysis is the removal of dead surface skin cells and is a treatment for several types of wart.
Plantar warts are often similar to calluses or corns, but can be differentiated by close observation of skin striations. Feet are covered in friction ridges, which are akin to fingerprints of the feet. Friction ridges are disrupted by plantar warts; if the lesion is not a plantar wart, the striations continue across the top layer of the skin.
Keratolytic (/ ˌ k ɛr ə t oʊ ˈ l ɪ t ɪ k / [1] [2]) therapy is a type of medical treatment to remove warts, calluses and other lesions in which the epidermis produces excess skin. In this therapy, acidic topical medicines, such as Whitfield's ointment or Jessner's solution, are applied to the lesion in order to thin the skin on and around it.
Smaller warts may occasionally be confused with molluscum contagiosum. [20] Genital warts, histopathologically, characteristically rise above the skin surface due to enlargement of the dermal papillae, have parakeratosis and the characteristic nuclear changes typical of HPV infections (nuclear enlargement with perinuclear clearing). DNA tests ...
Digitate or filiform warts are warts that often appear on the eyelids, lips, face, or neck. [1] A filiform wart on the eyelid. The warts tend to grow directly outwards from the skin. They have a spiky, thread-like or finger-like appearance. They sometimes look and feel like tiny brushes, making them especially uncomfortable for the patient. [2] [3]
Stonewort - A general name for plants of the genus Chara and Nitella; water horsetail. St. Paul's Wort – species of the genus Sigesbeckia, such as Eastern St Paul's-wort, Sigesbeckia orientalis. [4] St. Peter's Wort - Any plant of the genus Ascyrum, such as Hypericum quadrangulum. Strapwort - Corrigiola litoralis. Sulphurwort - Peucedanum ...