I have three small (3 clusteres- NOT cauliflower, have distance between them but not still close enough to be "together")sudden growths right below my labia, on the crease. I went to a dermatologist and she said they LOOK like warts, and had a biopsy (all three were taken off).
A week later, she calls me to say that she has the lab results and they are PROBABLY warts because they LOOK like warts under the microscope. However she and the pathologist (lab doctor) can't 100% conclude that they are warts, so they are sending it back to the lab to do HPV testing.
1. Is this doctor scared to tell me that they ARE warts?
2. If they ARE warts, wouldnt a doctor, if not two make a confident conclusion that they ARE warts.
3. How dangerous can these warts be--my partner is freaking out and I need some information that can verify that it is what it is, and it is ok, otherwise he may never want to have sex
), while other HPV types tend to cause warts on the genitals and rectal area.
Genital warts (or Condyloma, Condylomata acuminata, or venereal warts) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection caused by some sub-types of human papillomavirus (HPV). It is spread through direct skin-to-skin contact during oral, genital, or anal sex with an infected partner.
It is important not to have unprotected sex if you or your partner has warts on the genital area. In women, warts can grow on the cervix (inside the vagina), and a woman may not even know she has them. She may pass the infection to her sexual partner without knowing it.
Genital warts must be treated by your doctor. Warts in the genital area can be removed, but there's no cure for the viral infection that causes the warts. Warts are more difficult to control in a moist environment.
Small warts can be removed by freezing (cryosurgery), burning (electrocautery), or laser treatment.
REF:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_wart
REF:http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/skin/disorders/209.html
If the conclusion was obvious then they would not hesitate to tell you. The very fact that they have re-sent it to confirm the causative agent is reason enough to believe that the biopsy was inconclusive, which does happen.