title: Plantar wart presenting as a cutaneous horn.
abstract: An elderly man presented with a longstanding, tender lesion on the sole of the foot. Clinically this was a cutaneous horn but biopsy revealed the features of a viral wart. The cytopathic effects of cutaneous human papillomaviruses are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dyall-Smith
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology