i've had a what appears at first to be a wart for approximately 10 yrs. on my right index finger. it has always been hard and calloused and sensitive to pressure and has never got bigger or smaller or changed in appearance. i've had it cyro frozen twice and it comes back. on the second attempt, after removing the dead skin from the freeze, I got a good look at what was involved, and it looks like a red, perfectly cyclindrical stalk with a flat top, the top is about a millimeter or two above the skin. i immediately thought parasite but dismissed that because i've had this for 10 yrs. any ideas before i go see the doctor?
2006-10-30 16:10:31 · 3 answers · asked by emarr3 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
what kind of doctor are you going to? Dermatologist? it could be an odd clump of blood vessels or something. I would see a dermatologist and maybe surgeon too just for evaluation.
2006-10-30 16:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, posting a picture would be good, but it sounds like it could be an hemangioma (pyogenic granuloma). I just had one cut off my finger a few months ago (very common place for them) and it was indeed composed of a group of blood vessels that had gone AWOL and grown this little crusty knob. I had a good surgeon and he actually cut this little thing out under general anaesthetic. If you don't cut a granuloma out properly, apparently 50% of them come back. This may be why the freezing didn't work.
2006-10-31 01:15:11 · answer #2 · answered by greenberyl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should have taken a picture of it for us to see..posted it somewhere and given us the link....... :o)
2006-10-31 00:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by geekieintx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋