Efflorescence of new warts: a sign of onset of involution in flat warts.
The sudden eruption of large numbers of tiny new warts in a patient with multiple flat warts often signals the onset of involution and subsequent regression of all flat warts. We have observed 5 such cases and, in this report, describe 2 cases in which the sudden efflorescence of many new warts was used as a sign to predict accurately the onset of involution and subsequent regression of all flat warts. Correlation of the histopathological and clinical findings provides an explanation for this phenomenon.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology*