This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Approach to Warts. It reviews the etiology, presentation, course, and management of common, flat, and anogenital warts. It was created by Colton Jensen, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Miriam Weinstein, a pediatrician and dermatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. This Note complements another PedsCases Note on warts created by Aryan Riahi linked in Related Content below.

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Related Content

• Note: Warts
• Podcast: Approach to Warts
• Podcast: Approach to Molluscum Contagiosum 
• Specialty: Dermatology 

References

1. Marks JG, Miller JJ. Lookingbill and Marks’ Principles of Dermatology (Sixth edition). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019.
2. DynaMed. Verruca Vulgaris. EBSCO Information Services. Accessed April 21, 2021. https://www.dynamed.com/condition/verruca-vulgaris
3. DynaMed. Anogenital Warts (Condyloma Acuminata) in Children. EBSCO Information Services. Accessed April 21, 2021. https://www.dynamed.com/condition/anogenital-warts-condyloma-acuminata-i...
4. Goldstein BG, Goldstein AO, Morris-Jones R. (2019). Cutaneous warts (common, plantar, and flat warts). In UpToDate. Retrieved April 21, 2021, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cutaneous-warts-common-plantar-and-fla...

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