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EFFICACY OF 10% KOH IN PALMOPLANTAR WARTS

Samreen Gull, Abdul Hannan, Amrat Zahra Naqvi

Objective; To determine the efficacy of topical 10% Potassium Hyrdroxide (KOH) in the treatment of palmo-plantar wart. Methodology: This was a descriptive cases series study conducted at Mayo hospital & Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore and Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Gujrat during June 2018 to December 2018. In this study total 100 cases of palmo plantar warts were enrolled. These cases were treated with 10% topical KOH which was applied daily at night and these cases were followed at 01,02,03 and 04 weeks at which the final follow up was assessed. The efficacy was labeled when there was complete resolution of all the wart lesions. Results: In this study there were total 100 cases out of which 55 (55%) were females and 45 (45%) males. The mean age was 8.32±1.54 years and mean duration of symptoms was 4.34±0.87 months. The efficacy was seen in 84 (84%) of cases. The efficacy was almost equal in palm and plantar warts (p= 0.85). The efficacy was significantly better in cases that had single lesion where it was seen in 20 (90.91%) out of 22 cases with p= 0.04. There was no difference in terms of duration of lesion as well with p= 0.17. Conclusion; 10% KOH is very efficacious in cases of palmo plantar warts and the results are significantly better seen in cases of single lesion as compared to multiple warts. Key words. Warts, HPV, 10% KOH.

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