Common wart: Often referred to as verruca vulgaris, it presents as a rough-surfaced, scaly, and
circumscribed papule, <1 mm to >0.5 cm in size. Most commonly located on hands and knees,
although it can occur anywhere. Often accompanied by “black seeds” (i.e., thrombosed capillaries).
Usually asymptomatic, warts may cause cosmetic disfigurement or tenderness.
Filiform wart: Long and slender growth, usually around lips, eyelids, or nares
Condyloma: A genital wart, mostly of the anus, vulva, or glans. Presents as a flat-topped papule with
an irregular surface. Condylomata may be pink at first, but turn tan or brown with time.
(Palmo)plantar wart: Involving the soles or dorsi of feet, but also toes. Often callused, it presents as a
white, irregularly surfaced area—with or without black dots. Plantar warts are usually painful, and
when extensively involving the soles, they may impair ambulation. Deep palmoplantar warts are also
termed myrmecia (from the Greek murmekos, ants). They begin as small shiny papules that progress into
deep and sharply defined rounded lesions, with a rough keratotic surface and a smooth collar of thickened horn. Since they grow deep, they are more painful than common warts.
Flat wart: Also called “plane warts” (or verruca plana). Flat and flesh-colored papules, >1–5 mm in
size. Smooth or slightly hyperkeratotic, they may number just a few or in the hundreds, at times
becoming grouped or confluent, and often acquiring linear distribution after scratching or trauma
(Koebner’s phenomenon). Although possible anywhere, they typically involve the face,shins, and dorsum of hands. May regress spontaneously, often after an inflammatory flare.
circumscribed papule, <1 mm to >0.5 cm in size. Most commonly located on hands and knees,
although it can occur anywhere. Often accompanied by “black seeds” (i.e., thrombosed capillaries).
Usually asymptomatic, warts may cause cosmetic disfigurement or tenderness.
Filiform wart: Long and slender growth, usually around lips, eyelids, or nares
Condyloma: A genital wart, mostly of the anus, vulva, or glans. Presents as a flat-topped papule with
an irregular surface. Condylomata may be pink at first, but turn tan or brown with time.
(Palmo)plantar wart: Involving the soles or dorsi of feet, but also toes. Often callused, it presents as a
white, irregularly surfaced area—with or without black dots. Plantar warts are usually painful, and
when extensively involving the soles, they may impair ambulation. Deep palmoplantar warts are also
termed myrmecia (from the Greek murmekos, ants). They begin as small shiny papules that progress into
deep and sharply defined rounded lesions, with a rough keratotic surface and a smooth collar of thickened horn. Since they grow deep, they are more painful than common warts.
Flat wart: Also called “plane warts” (or verruca plana). Flat and flesh-colored papules, >1–5 mm in
size. Smooth or slightly hyperkeratotic, they may number just a few or in the hundreds, at times
becoming grouped or confluent, and often acquiring linear distribution after scratching or trauma
(Koebner’s phenomenon). Although possible anywhere, they typically involve the face,shins, and dorsum of hands. May regress spontaneously, often after an inflammatory flare.