Efficiency of Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Diffuse Facial Viral Warts in an Immunosuppressed Patient: Towards a Gold Standard

A 64-year-old man with a pulmonary transplant developed diffuse verrucae vulgares of the neck. After the failure of multiple cryotherapy treatments, 3 sessions of photodynamic therapy resulted in rapid therapeutic clinical success. This moderately painful and well-tolerated treatment is reproducible...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Case reports in dermatology 2010-12, Vol.2 (3), p.207-213
Hauptverfasser:	Caucanas, M., Gillard, P., Vanhooteghem, O.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Facial viral warts Immunosuppressed 5-aminolevulinic acid Organ transplant Papilloma virus Photodynamic therapy Published: December 2010
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Zusammenfassung:	A 64-year-old man with a pulmonary transplant developed diffuse verrucae vulgares of the neck. After the failure of multiple cryotherapy treatments, 3 sessions of photodynamic therapy resulted in rapid therapeutic clinical success. This moderately painful and well-tolerated treatment is reproducible and can be very useful in treating papillomavirus infections in the immunosuppressed patient.
ISSN:	1662-6567 1662-6567
DOI:	10.1159/000323215