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doctors cant tell if warts or not???

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 with me again.
4. How likely are they warts, if they LOOK like warts but dont have a conclusion.
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i agree with Empathy.....they are biopsying these for HPV...so hang in there and see what the results r!
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Patience is key here.  If you don't hear from your doctor reasonable time, contact her again to see what the test results truly were.  Warts aren't dangerous at all, they don't cause cancer and are mostly just pesky.  I know it's difficult, but it sounds like you just may need to wait this out for a little bit.
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