title: Therapy of external anogenital warts and molluscum contagiosum: a literature review.
abstract: Anogenital warts and mollusca contagiosum are virally induced, benign skin tumors for which there is no single preferable therapy. Treatments include physical and chemical destruction, surgical removal, and biological response modifiers to enhance the natural immune response. The choice of therapy is an art, and depends upon patient preference, finances, number of lesions, and lesional morphology. However, the therapy of these lesions can sometimes be very painful and expensive, and therapy should not be worse than the disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ting
authors.forename: Marlene T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dytoc
mesh_terms: D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*