Hi everyone,

I´ve been contacted by a GP asking me this: one of his patients is 37wk
pregnant and was diagnosed of a wart on the nipple by the dermathologist
two months ago. The dermathologist has been burning off the wart with
liquid nitrogen up until week 35. Right now the wart is apparently gone,
the nipple is sore, dry and about to crack. The dermathologist has told the
mother not to breastfeed the baby from that breast because he can get
larynx cancer.

I´ve asked the GP if he can find out what kind of wart it was (verrucca
vulgaris, condiloma acuminata, etc). But I don´t know how to manage this. I
have searched the archives and have found several questions about warts on
nipples, but no good answer... just this one, which still gives me no
solution:

Well, warts are virus-induced tumors.  I think it would be prudent for the mom
to see a physician to have an accurate diagnosis.  Warts are caused by
infection with human papilloma virus.  The different forms of warts are caused
by distinct strains of papilloma viruses.  Is it molluscum contagiosum?  Is it
condylomata acuminata (gential warts)?  Children can develop juvenile
laryngeal papillomatosis - warty lesions on the vocal cords of children and
can cause eventual FATAL airway obstruction if not removed.  Papillomatosis is
probably due to an infection of one type of human papovavirus.  NOTE:  the
incidence of papillomatosis is higher in children born to mothers who have
condyloma acuminatum.
Andrew MD FAAP


Would you recommend that she NOT use that breast? My gut feeling would be
to first help that skin to heal and then, if there is no more trace of the
wart and the dermatologist confirms it was a vulgaris, then recommend
breastfeeding. But I´m not very confident...

TIA,
Kika

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