Oral ulcers in a finger‐sucking child after cutaneous wart therapy

Common skin warts frequently appear on the fingers of children, a patient population in whom finger‐sucking is a prevalent habit. Despite overlap between these two pediatric conditions, there are no well‐reported specific precautions against the use of topical blistering wart treatments, such as tri...

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Published inPediatric dermatology Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1583 - 1585
Main Authors McConnell, Jennifer, Epperson, Lindsey Claire, Eifert, Faye, Aldy, Kim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021
Subjects
Cantharidin
Case reports
chemical burns
Child
Children
Cryotherapy
Family
Finger
Fingers & toes
Humans
Isotopes
Oral diseases
Oral Ulcer
Patients
Pediatrics
Side effects
thumb sucking
Trichloroacetic acid
Trichloroacetic Acid - adverse effects
Ulcers
Warts
Warts - drug therapy
chemical burns
thumb sucking
oral ulcer
warts
cantharidin
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Summary:Common skin warts frequently appear on the fingers of children, a patient population in whom finger‐sucking is a prevalent habit. Despite overlap between these two pediatric conditions, there are no well‐reported specific precautions against the use of topical blistering wart treatments, such as trichloroacetic acid and cantharidin, in finger‐sucking children with warts. We report the case of oral ulcers in a pediatric patient secondary to thumb‐sucking after receiving treatment for multiple finger warts with combination cryotherapy, trichloroacetic acid, and cantharidin.
ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1111/pde.14819