Warts Among Patients Visited Two Private Dermatology Clinics in Aden, Yemen: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study

Background: Cutaneous warts are benign lesions that occur in the mucosa and skin. Objectives: To find out the distribution of cutaneous warts related to sex and age, and to determine the occupation of patients, type of cutaneous warts, site, duration from onset of the disease, complication and treatment. Materials and methods: Two hundred and twelve patients were presented to our clinics in Aden, during the period January 2020 to December 2022 with cutaneous warts. Data including sex, age, occupation, type of warts, site of warts, duration from onset of warts, complications and treatment. Data are presented as mean values with the standard deviation (SD). Results: The study patients were 118 (55.7%) males and 94 (44.3%) females. The age of the study patients ranged between 4 to 65 years. The mean age of the study patients was 27.3 ± 13.7 years. Most of the patients 68 (32.1%) were of age group 21 – 30 years followed by the age group 31 - 40 years with 48 (22.7%) (p = 0.000). Most of occupation of the study patients were laborer (43.4%). Common types of cutaneous warts were predominant (40.6%) (p = 0.000). Face was predominant site in (28.3%) patients. Itching complications found in (25.5%) followed by cosmetic disfigurement (17.9%). Cryotherapy treatments were predominant with (52.8%). Conclusion: Cutaneous warts occurred in younger patients and located on face, upper and lower extremities, sole, genital site, and neck & axilla. Most treatment was cryotherapy. Further studies are needed, to identify the epidemiology of these cutaneous diseases in Aden. Keywords: Cutaneous warts, patients, private clinic, Aden, Yemen.