[Question #13436] Test results interpretation

 
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A few months ago, I had what I thought was a skin tag removed from my perineum and sent to the lab for biopsy. My lab report stated "HPV in situ hybridization is negative for low risk virus, with functional positive and negative controls. HPV ISH for low risk includes viral types 6 and 11. A viral papilloma may be caused by other HPV viral types that are not specific to the female genital tract and therefore may not be caused by sexual contact." The results are confusing to me as there was no information on the viral type provided. My gyn said she interprets this result to mean the wart in my perineum was a common body wart and that it probably would not recur since it was not in its "preferred" location. If that's true I'm confused as to how'd it get there in the first place as there is mention of may not be sexually transmitted. She said I could have gotten it from sitting on a surface to which I replied I don't sit on random surfaces nude. Do you agree with my gyn's interpretation of the results and likelihood of recurrence, and since it says it was negative for low risk does that mean it's high risk? Thank you for any clarification you can provide.