Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause warts, which are the benign epithelial proliferation of the mucous membrane and skin. HPV3 and HPV-10 commonly cause plane warts. Multiple treatment options must be used as no specific treatment option is available. We have a lot of limitations for the face as tre...
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| author | Aisha Liaquat Shamail Zia Mimoza Isuf Deepkumar Patel Cynthia Irfan |
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| description | Human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause warts, which are the benign epithelial proliferation of the mucous membrane and skin. HPV3 and HPV-10 commonly cause plane warts. Multiple treatment options must be used as no specific treatment option is available.
We have a lot of limitations for the face as treatment can cause permanent scarring on the face. We report a case of 41 years
immunocompetent male presenting with many plane warts on the face who was successfully treated with topical application of 40%
Salicylic acid cream and 16% lactic acid cream made up of 44% of bees wax on lesions after a failure of many other treatment
options, a) Topical zinc oxide twice per day for 3 months, b) Topical 5% salicylic acid dispensing cream made in 95% bees wax, c)
Topical 5% fluorouracil cream, d) Topical imiquimod cream, e) Topical retinoids cream only at night for one month, f) Oral Isotretinoin
20mg twice per day for 2 months, and 3 sessions of cryotherapy. The patient’s last treatment was oral isotretinoin 20 mg twice per
day for the last 2 months. In general, doctors avoid using more than 5% salicylic acid, but after a detailed discussion with the patient,
we decided to try this combination and succeeded. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ad94d6228c948db948baf8160bd8ff82023-02-03T10:47:36ZengLiaquat National Hospital and Medical CollegeLiaquat National Journal of Primary Care2707-35212708-91342023-04-0151444510.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.4.24Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the FaceAisha Liaquat0Shamail Zia1Mimoza Isuf2Deepkumar Patel3Cynthia Irfan4Department of Medicine, Caucasus International University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaDepartment of Pathology, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Pathology, University of Tirana, Tirana, AlbaniaDepartment of Medicine, Smt. B. K Shah Medical Institute & Research Centre (SBKS), Waghodia, Gujarat, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PakistanHuman papillomaviruses (HPV) cause warts, which are the benign epithelial proliferation of the mucous membrane and skin. HPV3 and HPV-10 commonly cause plane warts. Multiple treatment options must be used as no specific treatment option is available. We have a lot of limitations for the face as treatment can cause permanent scarring on the face. We report a case of 41 years immunocompetent male presenting with many plane warts on the face who was successfully treated with topical application of 40% Salicylic acid cream and 16% lactic acid cream made up of 44% of bees wax on lesions after a failure of many other treatment options, a) Topical zinc oxide twice per day for 3 months, b) Topical 5% salicylic acid dispensing cream made in 95% bees wax, c) Topical 5% fluorouracil cream, d) Topical imiquimod cream, e) Topical retinoids cream only at night for one month, f) Oral Isotretinoin 20mg twice per day for 2 months, and 3 sessions of cryotherapy. The patient’s last treatment was oral isotretinoin 20 mg twice per day for the last 2 months. In general, doctors avoid using more than 5% salicylic acid, but after a detailed discussion with the patient, we decided to try this combination and succeeded.https://journals.lnh.edu.pk/lnjpc/pdf/ac078057-fe45-42d5-90b0-00f018c392a2.pdfhuman papillomavirusplane wartsretinoidssalicylic acidviral infection. |
| spellingShingle | Aisha Liaquat Shamail Zia Mimoza Isuf Deepkumar Patel Cynthia Irfan Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care human papillomavirus plane warts retinoids salicylic acid viral infection. |
| title | Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face |
| title_full | Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face |
| title_fullStr | Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face |
| title_short | Resistant Plane Warts Treated by 40% Salicylic Acid and 16% Lactic Acid Combination on the Face |
| title_sort | resistant plane warts treated by 40 salicylic acid and 16 lactic acid combination on the face |
| topic | human papillomavirus plane warts retinoids salicylic acid viral infection. |
| url | https://journals.lnh.edu.pk/lnjpc/pdf/ac078057-fe45-42d5-90b0-00f018c392a2.pdf |
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