Periungual warts

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Alternative names
Plane juvenile warts; Warts; Subungual warts; Plantar warts; Verruca; Verrucae planae juveniles; Filiform warts; Verruca vulgaris

Definition

Warts are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus. They are generally harmless. However, warts can be disfiguring and embarrassing, and occasionally they itch or hurt (particularly on the feet).

see Warts. 

Johns Hopkins patient information

Last revised: December 5, 2012
by David A. Scott, M.D.

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