UNILATERAL LOCALIZED BASALIOMATOSIS - TREATMENT WITH TOPICAL PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AFTER APPLICATION OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID

Authors
KARRER S SZEIMIES RM HOHENLEUTNER U HEINE A LANDTHALER M
Citation
S. Karrer et al., UNILATERAL LOCALIZED BASALIOMATOSIS - TREATMENT WITH TOPICAL PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AFTER APPLICATION OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID, Dermatology, 190(3), 1995, pp. 218-222
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
190
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
218 - 222
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1995)190:3<218:ULB-TW>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A 74-year-old woman presenting with multiple unilateral localized basa l cell carcinomas present for 30 years on the left side of her body is reported. There was no history of arsenic ingestion or X-ray exposure . Typical signs of nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin's synd rome) like jaw keratocysts, skeletal malformations, and small palmopla ntar pits were missing. Although treatment with many therapeutic regim ens was tried, there were still tumor recurrences. Photodynamic therap y was performed after topical application of 5-aminolevulinic acid. Th is treatment resulted in good tumor control with an optimal cosmetic r esult.