Skin infections with HPV can cause noncancerous skin growths called warts (verrucae). Lasers are used to treat cancer by shrinking or destroying tumors or precancerous growths. The teeth also sometimes had cancerous growths. These spots develop into harder, callous-like growths called nodules. Tumors of skin and bone growths appear as they age typically in early childhood. Uncommon growths, cysts, septums in the vagina can also require vaginoplasty. COX inhibitors have been shown to reduce the occurrence of cancers and pre-cancerous growths. They can be either benign growths or malignant growths. In very rare cases, malignant (cancerous) growths, leiomyosarcoma, of the myometrium can develop. Other risks include the possibility of non-cancerous growths and thyroiditis. Some patients found with lower inner orbital growths and cysts may lose vision. In tertiary syphilis, there are gummas (soft, non-cancerous growths), neurological problems, or heart symptoms. COX-2 appears to be related to cancers and abnormal growths in the intestinal tract. Keloids expand in claw-like growths over normal skin. The growths due to endometriosis are not cancer.