[Xeroderma pigmentosum: prevention of tumors with etretinate].
A 46-year-old woman with xeroderma pigmentosum has had more than one hundred skin tumours in her life, in recent years largely keratoacanthomas. Two and a half years ago, a low-dose prophylactic treatment with etretinate (25 mg/day) was initiated. Since then, no further skin tumours have arisen except for several very small, rapidly resolving keratoacanthomas.
D005050:Etretinate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007636:Keratoacanthoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D005050:Etretinate
Xeroderma Pigmentosum: Tumorprophylaxe mit Etretinat.