Other conditions that may cause symptoms similar to genital warts caused by infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) include:
- Skin conditions that cause wartlike growths, such as seborrheic keratosis.
- Rare skin cancers, such as melanoma or squamous cell cancer of the vulva.
- A skin disease caused by a virus (molluscum contagiosum) that produces soft, rounded masses.
- A noncancerous tumor of fibrous tissue (fibroma).
- A noncancerous tumor of fat tissue (lipoma).
- A flattened, moist, raised growth that occurs in advanced syphilis (condyloma latum).
- A tumor (adenoma) occurring in a gland, such as a mucus-producing gland.
Credits
| Author | Robin Parks, MS |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease |
| Last Updated | August 17, 2006 |
Author:Robin Parks, MS
Last Updated: 08/17/2006
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