A secondary eruption; the second stage of syphilis. The warts are painless, moist, gray-white to red, and found under breasts, in armpits, fingers, toes, and the genital area. Condyloma latum is highly contagious; it is treated with antibiotics.
A procedure in which a cone-shaped or cylindrical section of tissue is removed from a woman’s cervix for diagnosis or treatment of cervical dysplasia or localized cancer of the cervix. It is performed when a woman has had a Pap smear that is more than moderately abnormal. When used for diagnosis, the removed tissue is preserved and then examined microscopically by a pathologist. When a cone biopsy is used therapeutically, a pathologist checks to see that all the abnormal cells have been removed or are surrounded by a margin of normal tissue. A cone biopsy is performed with a scalpel or a laser, and it may be done with the patient under local anesthesia or general anesthesia. Some bleeding is likely to occur after the procedure.
A mucous patch, characteristic of syphilis, most often on the vulva or anus. It is flat, coated with gray exudate and has a delimited area.
A damp, wart-like growth observed in cases of syphilis at points where two skin surfaces touch or rub against each other.