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Skin Tag Diagnosis and Differentiation

Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis

  • The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery suggests that skin tags should not be confused with other cutaneous lesions, such as verruca vulgaris (warts caused by HPV 2 and 4), which have different etiology and treatment implications 1

REFERENCES

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the "hpv discussion": effective use of data to deliver recommendations to patients impacted by hpv. [LINK]

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2015

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