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==Types== [[Image:Wart filiform eyelid.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A [[Filiform Wart|filiform wart]] on the [[eyelid]].]] A range of types of wart have been identified, varying in shape and site affected, as well as the type of human papillomavirus involved.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Anderson, Keith |author2=Keith, Jeff |author3=Novak, Patricia D. |author4=Elliot, Michelle A. |title=Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RXAAQAACAAJ|year=2005|publisher=C.V. Mosby|isbn=978-0-323-03736-5 |edition=5th |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107065555/https://books.google.com/books?id=5RXAAQAACAAJ|archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/warts-and-plantar-warts-topic-overview |title = MedlinePlus: Warts |year = 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130516092530/http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/warts-and-plantar-warts-topic-overview |archive-date = 16 May 2013 }}</ref> These include: * Common wart (''verruca vulgaris''),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adigun |first1=Chris G |title=Verruca Vulgaris |url=https://www.merckmanuals.com/en-ca/home/skin-disorders/nail-disorders/verruca-vulgaris |publisher=Merck Manual |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> a raised wart with a roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body. Sometimes known as a Palmer wart or Junior wart. * [[Verruca plana|Flat wart]] (''verruca plana''), a small, smooth flattened wart, flesh-coloured, which can occur in large numbers; most common on the face, neck, hands, wrists, and knees. * Filiform or [[digitate wart]], a thread- or finger-like wart, most common on the face, especially near the eyelids and lips. * [[Genital wart]] (venereal wart, ''condyloma acuminatum'', ''verruca acuminata''), a wart that occurs on the genitalia. * [[Periungual wart]], a cauliflower-like cluster of warts that occurs around the nails. * [[Plantar wart]] (''verruca'', ''verruca plantaris''), a hard, sometimes painful lump, often with multiple black specks in the center; usually only found on pressure points on the soles of the feet. * Mosaic wart, a group of tightly clustered plantar-type warts, commonly on the hands or soles of the feet.
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