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BACKGROUND: Warts are common virus-induced lesions that are troublesome to treat, especially in children. Recently, some trials have suggested that the pulsed dye laser may also be useful for the treatment of warts. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness and safety of 585nm flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser treatment of warts. METHODS: Fifty patients representing a total of 265 warts were recruited for the study. Patients were treated using the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser with a pulse duration of 450 sec, a spot size of 5mm, and energy fluence ranging between 7 to 9 J/cm2. Patients in whom no visible evidence of warts remained before 5 treatment sessions were classified as 'cured'. RESULTS: The cure rates were 89% for hand warts, 21% for plantar warts, 58% for periungual or subungual warts, 98% for limb warts and 100% for facial warts. Significant difference in the clearance rate of warts was found according to the maximum diameter of warts (≤0.3cm, >0.3cm) (<0.05). CONCLUSION: The 585nm flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser had potential effectiveness for the treatment of small warts on the hands, face, and limbs, but it is less effective for plan-tar warts, or larger warts.
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Child , Humans , Extremities , Hand , Lasers, Dye , WartsABSTRACT
Laugier-Hunziker syndrone is a rare, pigmentary disorder of the lips, oral mucosa, and nails. The absence of intestinal polyposis differentiated it from Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. We describe a 16-year-old boy with multiple, brownish, lenticular macules on the lips, oral mucosa, perianal area and anal mucosa, and on the digits of his fingers and toes, in wham intestinal polyposis was not detectable.
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Adolescent , Humans , Male , Fingers , Intestinal Polyposis , Lip , Mouth Mucosa , Mucous Membrane , Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome , ToesABSTRACT
In about 20 to 30 percent of cases with organoid nevus (nevus sebaceus), benign and/or ma-al lignant tumors of the epidermis and adnexae may develop. We describe a 71-year-old woman with sebaceous carcinoma and basal cell epithelioma developed in organoid nevus.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Carcinoma, Basal Cell , Epidermis , Nevus , OrganoidsABSTRACT
Pityriasis rotunda is an uncommon cutaneous disorder characterized by multiple asymptomatic strikingly circular hyperpigmented or hypopigmented, scaly patches on the trunk and extremities with the similar histologic appearance of ichthyosis vulgaris. The majority of cases have been reported in Japan, South Africa and West India, usually in association with an underlying systemic disease, but there are some familial cases without systemic diseases. We report a case of pityriasis rotunda with liver cirrhosis.
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Extremities , Ichthyosis Vulgaris , India , Japan , Liver Cirrhosis , Liver , Pityriasis , South AfricaABSTRACT
Intravascular fasciitis (IVF), a rare distinct variant of nodular fasciitis, possesses the same clinical and histologcal features of nodular fasciitis, but in addition, involves predominantly small to medium- sized veins and/or arteries intraluminally, intramurally and extramurally. Only 3 cases of intraoral IVF have been reported in the English literature. Herein we report a case of IVF developing on the inner lower lip and it was successfully treated with simple excision.