Malignancy in Warts.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 76

Malignancy in Warts.

The danger of tEe malignant Regeneration - of warta and moles is hardly sufficientlyi appreciated by either the medical profes--sion or the public, in the opinion of Dr. ~ E. A. Babler, who reporte & series of cases observed in tine St. Louis Skin aiuTCanoeri Hospital. It is true that a wart or mole may never become malignant,' but a study t •'. of the literature, together with his own 1 _ personal observation, conivinces him of the . * reality of the danger. In some cases a' • more or less constant irritation - seems to hi the exciting factor, and in others ai slight injury,' euoh as an inseot bite op . a cut received 1 in shaving, seems to start/ , the growth into malignancy. Most of hia cases had their origin in. warts. One diffi- - oulty experienced is the reluctance of pa* tients to permit operation, early enough to- ," oheok the moxbid process. He fully agreed* • with Keen, ~who conteiwfe that 'the moment warts -and . moles begin to increase in eize< they are almost always already " malignant „ growths, and should be treated as suchHe protests against the practice- of cauter- _-- ising: wart 3en th© face; .they should b© , excised. ft „;',-, V v ;-.