Dermoscopy to investigate clinically diagnosed plantar warts, corns, and calluses: Interplay in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Author(s): Rajat Saini, Sandeep Kumar C, Geetika M. Patel, Sudhanshu Dev, Aejaz Ahmad

Introduction: Dermoscopy is a widely used non-invasive technique to differentiate and diagnose skin lesions between benign and malignant alterations for detecting skin cancers. Apart from malignancy differentiation, it's often hard to tell the difference between a corn and callus-derived plantar wart with an unaided gaze. Dermoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic process that allows for a review of morphological characteristics and things that are difficult for unprepared pupils to understand. This investigation looked at the microscopic outcomes of calluses, corns, and warts on the palms and soles in pared and unpaired situations. Objective: To investigate the findings of dermoscopy’s in corns, calluses, and plantar warts as well as to determine the use of dermoscopy’s without compromising diagnostic precision. Methods: This study comprised 90 people with calluses, corns, and warts on the palmar surface. The dermoscopy’s findings have been documented utilizing a predesigned arranged format. Results: Warts were the least prevalent disorder across patients (58.4%), followed by callous (34.6%) and corns (35%). All wart cases, either unpaired or pared, showed consistent black/red dots on dermoscopy’s examination. 95% of the unpaired lesions of corns and 100% of the pared lesions have translucent centre cores. In both pared and unpaired examples of callus, homogenous opacity was noted in 100% of the cases. No correlation among pared and unpaired lesions (p>0.05). Conclusions: Dermoscopy’s without paring may improve the precision of understanding several clinically significant corns, calluses, and warts varieties.

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