Naheed Asghar, Muhammad Asghar, Noor Rehman, Irfan Ullah Afridi, Shah Khalid.
Epidemiological and clinical patterns of viral warts presenting to dermatology OPD of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar Epidemiological and clinical patterns of viral warts.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;32(1):78-84.

Background The viral warts are an acquired skin infection caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Different national and international studies show that warts are very prevalent globally among adults and school children. The current study was aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of viral warts in patients presenting to Dermatology unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Methods This six months study was conducted in Dermatology unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) in collaboration with Pathology Department of Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) from July 2018 to December 2018. A total of 219 patients presenting with viral warts were diagnosed clinically and their age, gender, duration of warts, site of involvement, morphological type of warts with their presenting symptoms were recorded on a preformed Performa. Patients having genital warts were screened for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Results Among 219 patients presenting with viral warts, 138 were males and 81 were females. Regarding age, 169 were adults and 50 were children. The most commonly affected age group was 11-20 years. In 219 patients, 199 had non-genital warts and 20 patients had genital warts. Among non-genital warts, common warts was the most common morphological type seen and the most commonly involved site was upper limb followed by lower limbs. Conclusion Viral warts are not only of cosmetic concern for the patient but they are also contiguous. They are more prevalent in young adults mainly involving extremities. Common warts and plamoplanter warts are common morphological types.

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