Nd:YAG laser therapy of an oral verrucous leukoplakia.
A 75-year-old female patient afflicted with an extensive verrucous oral leukoplakia is reported. With treatment by the Nd:YAG laser under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis, the disease could be kept under control for 4 years.
Landthaler
M
M
Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Brunner
R
R
Haina
D
D
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D014860:Warts / Q000601:surgery