| soft wart | A polypoid outgrowth of both epidermis and dermal fibrovascular tissue, common terminology for any small benign cutaneous lesion. Synonym: acrochordon, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molle, senile fibroma, soft wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| soot wart | The precancerous lesion of chimney sweep's cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrogenic wart | postmortem wart |
| digitate wart | A wart in which the papillae project like fingers; they occur in groups, often on the scalp. Synonym: digitate wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic wart | A discrete, pink to red telangiectasia having a tendency to undergo secondary epithelial changes, including acanthosis and hyperkeratosis. An underlying vascular abnormality is present in many cases. The term angiokeratoma is applied to a number of quite distinct conditions which share a common clinical presentation with asymptomatic hyperkeratotic vascular skin lesions and a histological combination of superficial dermal vascular ectasia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculous wart | A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens. See: postmortem wart. Synonym: lupus papillomatosus, lupus verrucosus, tuberculous wart, verrucous scrofuloderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fig wart | An obsolete term for condyloma acuminatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filiform wart | A wart composed of a single or many greatly elongated papillae; appears more commonly on the face and neck. Synonym: filiform wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flat wart | A smooth, flat, flesh-coloured wart of small size, occurring in groups, seen especially on the face of the young; often associated with common warts of the hands, due to human papilloma virus, commonly, types 3 and 10. Synonym: flat wart, plane wart, verruca plana juvenilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fugitive wart | A transitory wart; one that does not persist. (05 Mar 2000) |