Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
; 16(3): 273-5, 2002 May.
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| ID: mdl-12195571
ABSTRACT
A 59-year-old Japanese man presented with a slightly elevated, pruritic, erythematous plaque on his left buttock measuring 5 x 5 cm in diameter. The man had a history of chromomycosis, dating 6 years prior to the current consultation, for which he had been treated with oral terbinafine. Diagnosis of a recurrence of chromomycosis of the skin due to infection by Foncecaea pedrosoi was made after careful analysis of the clinical features, skin biopsy, KOH mounts, and fungal culture results. We administered topical heat therapy followed by treatment with CO2 laser to eradicate the unresponsive remnants of the lesion. The operative site re-epithelized within 10 weeks, and 1 year after the treatment there was no evidence of recurrence. For a recalcitrant case of chromomycosis, as in this case, the use of CO2 laser combined with topical heat therapy may be a new therapeutic modality.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cromoblastomicosis
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Terapia por Láser
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Calor
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón