Plantar warts caused by human papilloma virus (HPV)may be challenging to treat when conventionalmodalities fail. We report a case of severely recalcitrantplantar warts, successfully treated with oral acitretinand topical 40% urea cream.

from june 1992 to march 1993, a group of patients suffering from different types of warts were treated with intralesional injections of bleomycin sulfate. this study reviews the literature concerning this modality of treatment and the pathophysiology and immunohistopathology of warts and options for treatment. in this prospective study, a combination of a i mg/ml solution of bleomycin in distil...

Objective: To determine the Effectiveness of topical application 15℅ salicyclic acid and 0.1℅ Diphencyprone combined in an ointment form for treatment plantar warts. Place Duration: This Descriptive, case series was held Dermatology outpatient department, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Karachi. Method: A sample size 80 patients with warts were included as calculated by exact 95% confidence interval. R...

Cutaneous warts are a common presenting complaint in children and adolescents. Common, plantar, or flat warts are cutaneous manifestations of the human papillomavirus. The treatment of warts poses a therapeutic challenge for physicians. No single therapy has been proven effective at achieving complete remission in every patient. As a result, many different approaches to wart therapy exist. Thes...

Warts are caused by DNA-containing human papillomavirus (HPV). These viruses are found in the upper epidermis and cause squamous epithelial cell proliferation. At least 70 types of HPV exist, but some types tend to be more common in certain body areas. Common warts (on hands) are due mainly to HPV2 but also to types 1 and 4. Plantar warts also involve HPV 1, 2, or 4 with mosaic warts commonly c...

BACKGROUND Warts are very common in primary schoolchildren. However, knowledge on wart epidemiology and causes of wart transmission is scarce. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of warts in primary schoolchildren and to examine the relation with environmental factors in order to provide direction for well-founded recommendations on wart prevention. METHODS In this cross-sectional study,...

Plantar warts (verruca plantaris) are benign epithelial tumors caused by HPV 1 (myrmecia) and 2, 27 or, 57 (mosaic). They may be difficult to treat with many failures or recurrences after multiple treatments, especially in immunosuppressed patients.

Journal of the Egyptian Women’s Dermatologic Society 2016, 13:151–158 Background The immune system plays an essential role in the clearance of warts, and thus recently there is a trend to use immunotherapy in wart treatment. Tuberculin-purified protein derivatives (PPDs) and zinc sulfate 2% were not previously compared regarding their efficacy in the treatment of warts. Objective The aim of thi...