Corn (pathology) - Wikipedia A corn or clavus (plural clavi or clavuses) is an often painful, cone-shaped, inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body
Corns and calluses (heloma, tyloma) - DermNet A corn (clavus, heloma) is inflamed and painful A ‘soft corn’ (heloma molle) is a corn where the surface skin is damp and peeling, for example between toes that are squashed together
Corns and calluses - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Calluses are rarely painful and tend to develop on pressure spots, such as the heels, the balls of the feet, the palms and the knees They may vary in size and shape and are often larger than corns If a corn or callus becomes very painful or inflamed, see your health care provider
Corns - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf A corn, also known as a "clavus," "heloma," or "focal intractable plantar hyperkeratosis," is a type of callosity Corns are uncomfortable, thickened skin lesions that result from repeated mechanical trauma due to friction or pressure forces
Clavus - VisualDx Hard corns typically affect the tops of the toes and are composed of a dense core that presses on sensory nerves, causing extreme pain Soft corns occur between the toes and are continuously softened by sweat They are macerated and white in appearance
Corns and Calluses - Diagnosis and Treatment - WebMD To find out whether a hard patch of skin is a callus or a wart, your doctor will scrape some skin off the affected area When the superficial skin is scraped off, warts bleed in a characteristic
Calluses and Corns - Dermatologic Disorders - MSD Manual Professional . . . Calluses and corns are circumscribed areas of hyperkeratosis at a site of intermittent pressure or friction Calluses are more superficial, diffuse, and are usually asymptomatic Corns are deeper, more focal, and frequently painful Diagnosis is based on appearance Treatment is with manual abrasion with or without keratolytics
Corns and Calluses: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment The umbrella term clavus is often used to refer broadly to these hyperkeratotic lesions, although in strict usage, it is more synonymous with a corn These lesions are most frequently found on the feet, particularly over pressure points such as the toes, metatarsal heads, and plantar surfaces