Warty Growth in the Anogenital Area in a Child - Discussion.

Abstract

Anogenital area is of clinical importance in dermatological practice due to the psychological stress and discomfort that it exerts in the patient's life.Recognition of the various conditions affecting this area is essential for any physician to diagnose and treat it appropriately.Here, we present a case with protruding lesion on the anogenital region in a 10 year old school going child highlighting the importance of proper diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment options.We describe a case of anogenital wart in a child highlighting the necessity for proper historyof sexual abuse and highlighting the necessity for proper sex education and counselling in pediatric age group and difficulties arising in eliciting a through history from a child.This calls for the Multidisciplinary approach that is required when treating a patient of the pediatric age group especially to identify signs of child abuse and provide appropriate counselling.