Treatment of Recalcitrant Electrical Burn Ulcer with Application of Topical Trichloroacetic Acid and Autologous Cultured Fibroblast

Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh1, Mohhamad Hossein Nasr Esfahani2, Mehr Afarin Fesharaki3, Amir Hossein Siadat4 and Elaheh HaftBaradaran51Dermatologist, Associated Professor of Dermatology, Head of Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center (Sedigheh Tahereh), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Center for Research in Dermatology and Leprosy, Tehran University/ Medical Sciences, Skin Disease and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran, Iran. 2Embryologist, Rooyan Institute, Jahad Daneshgahi 3Department of Physiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. 4Dermatologist, Researcher in Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center (Sedigheh Tahereh), Khoram St, After Shahidan Sq. Sedigheh Tahereh Research Centers, Third Floor Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center. 5General Practitioner, Researcher in Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center (Sedigheh Tahereh). Skin Disease and Stem Cell Research Center, Khoram St, After Shahidan Sq. Sedigheh Tahereh Research Centers, Third Floor Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center.AbstractIn this case report, we present a case of deep, partial-thickness, recalcitrant electrical burn ulcer that was healed completely using tissue debridement with topical 50% TCA (Trichloroacetic acid) and application of autologous fibroblasts. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the application of topical TCA along with autologous fibroblasts have been used for the treatment of an electrical burn ulcer with a satisfactory result.