Plantar wart physical examination

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Physical Examination

Young plantar warts

The appearance of the warts are as follows;

• Abnormally dark or light skin surrounding the lesion
• Numerous small, smooth, flat (pinhead sized) lesions on forehead, cheeks, arms, or legs
• Rough growths around or under fingernails or toenails
• Rough, round, or oval lesions on soles of feet -- flat to slightly raised -- painful to pressure
• Small, hard, flat or raised skin lesion or lump.