Warts are common benign skin tumours that are caused by Human Papilloma Viruses (HPVs). Although asymptomatic, recalcitrant warts represent a frustration to both doctors and patients as they are cosmetically unacceptable in most cases. Recently, Intralesional immunotherapy by different antigens like Bacille Calmette–Guerin vaccine, candida antigen, and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has shown promising efficacy in the treatment of warts. Here we report two cases in Omani males who presented in 2019 to the dermatology clinic at Nizwa Polyclinic, Nizwa, Oman with recalcitrant facial warts that resolved completely with single intralesional injection of MMR vaccine.

Warts are common benign skin tumours that are caused by Human Papilloma Viruses (HPVs). Although asymptomatic, recalcitrant warts represent a frustration to both doctors and patients as they are cosmetically unacceptable in most cases. Recently, Intralesional immunotherapy by different antigens like...