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wartProtuberance composed of a local overgrowth of skin. The common wart (Verruca vulgaris) is due to a virus infection. It usually disappears spontaneously within two years, but can be treated with peeling applications, burning away (cautery), freezing (cryosurgery), or laser treatment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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FEH is characterized by multiple flat warts with finely stippled surfaces, which frequently occur on the labial and buccal mucosa, lateral tongue and lip commissures. Very preliminary findings hint that laser treatment of the flat warts may actually speed their progression to dysplasia, a precancerous condition characterized by abnormally proliferating cells. Wart removers (for common, plantar and flat warts, but not genital warts) |
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