The epidemiology and nature of childhood nail apparatus pathology is not well known. The aim of our study was to investigate the frequency and nature of nail alterations in Polish pediatric patients. Among 1588 patients diagnosed and treated at our clinic due to nail alterations, 82 (5.16%) patients under age 16 were selected. The most frequent (36.59%) diagnosis were variants of normal nails, ...

OBJECTIVE To study the circulation, distribution, and genomic diversity of HPVs in common warts in Beijing area of China. METHODS Forty eight patients with pathologically diagnosed common warts were screened for the presence of HPV with HPV type-specific PCR and direct sequencing analysis. The genomic diversity of HPVs prevalent in Chinese patients was analyzed based on LCR. RESULTS Forty o...

BACKGROUND In the treatment of multiple warts, there is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different modalities of treatment need to be combined. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts. METHODS A total of 60 patients of multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts were enrolled. Homologous autoimplantation was ...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. This observational study was conducted to estimate the trend of hospitalization for genital warts (GWs) in the Veneto region (Italy) from 2004 to 2015. METHODS All patients with GWs were identified in the hospital discharge records of all public and accredited private hospitals that related to Vene...

Myriad of therapeutic modalities for warts are available but none promises complete response. Despite adequate treatment, the virus may persist in surrounding tissues leading to recurrence. Immunotherapy is considered better than destructive options where there multiple lesions, extensive involvement and best suitable paediatric patients. The aim study was evaluate efficacy safety intralesional...

Warts are skin growth caused by human papilloma virus infection. These can be solitary, multiple, smooth, or cauliflower like and usually treated with topical application of medication surgical excision procedures. Homoeopathy plays an important role in treating warts.

OBJECTIVE To compare the expression of keratin (K) 13 and K19 in cutaneous warts of renal transplant recipients (RTRs) and immunocompetent individuals (ICIs). DESIGN Retrospective, nonrandomized immunohistochemical study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Specimens from cutaneous warts of RTRs and ICIs were retrieved from the archives of the Department of Pathology, University Medical Center St Radboud,...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to test a new cryosurgical wart treatment, dimethylether (Histofreezer), for clinical effi-cacy in newly diagnosed cases of genital warts. METHODS All patients of the gynecology clinic of a teaching hospital who were at least 12 years of age and who had between one and eight external genital warts were eligible. Treatment occurred at the initial visit and at follow-up vi...