WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2002: Re: skin tag or wart?

Re: skin tag or wart?

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:25:54 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 12 Sep 2002, marie wrote: >
>I am 37 weeks pregnant and have noticed some skin tag looking things
>popping up in my groin area. I mentioned them to a PA and she said they
>may be genital warts but didn't look at them. Two are large and I
>showed them to my doctor while he did my cultures. He said they weren't
>genital warts but skin tags and he'd cut them off for me after delivery.
>Then I noticed some smaller ones as well. What happens if I let him cut
>them off and they are warts? Would he know the difference without a
>biopsy? Please help
>
>--
>marie
>

Either a tag or a wart if removed has to be send to a pathologist for definite diagnosis.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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