Warts are common skin infections caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause a variety of skin presentations according to its type, site and the immune status .Nongenital warts may be presented as common, plane, plantar, filiform, or mucosal warts .Most people are affected by cutaneous warts, either plantar warts or common warts .prevalence of skin warts is between 3% and 13% and plantar warts are about 30% of skin warts in western world .Majority of cases occur in adolescent and young adults
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
one session every 2 weeks for maximum 6 sessions
5 fluorouracil mixed with1ml of 2% lignocaine and epinephrine one session every 2 weeks for maximum 6 sessions .
Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
RECRUITINGthe change in size of plantar wart
measurement the change in size of plantar wart
Time frame: 3 month
the change in number of plantar warts
measurement the change in number of plantar warts
Time frame: 3 month
Essam A Nada
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