Dermatologist says genital warts, but pcr is negative

[Hello0713]

Hi all.  About two months ago I noticed wart like growths on my scrotum (about five isolated and spread apart).  I've been to the dermatologist and he claims they are genital warts, but a recent pcr analysis came back negative for all high risk types and all related to warts (the only type related to warts that I can find they didn't test for was 42).  Went back to a different dermatologist and he stuck to other's story.  So here's my question:

Is it more likely that I have the one type (42) that they didn't test for (can't figure out how common each of these types are) or that the dermatologists made a mistake in identification (they both looked at them for about 10 seconds)?  I have looked up other growths such as skin tags or sebaceous hyperplasia, but I would expect an expert to know the difference.  Any advice would be much appreciated.  Thanks

[sanyasi]

which country has pcr test for hpv in men?

[veryworried420]

Dermatologists make mistakes or have different opinons about the same growths. Only a biopsy result is always accurate. Until you get a positive result from a growth, you should not consider yourself to be HPV positive. There is no blood test or pap test for men as you know, but it isn't right to consider yourself infected without a positive test result.

Having said that, visible inspection by two dermatologists is pretty good evidence but like I said all doctors make mistakes sometimes. The thing to remember are the stats. If you have been sexually active, how could you not be exposed to it?  Multiple encouneters with multiple partners is statistically proven to result in getting the virus.