title: Successful treatment of dark-colored epidermal nevus with ruby laser.
abstract: The pulsed ruby laser has a selective thermolytic effect. Recently, it has been available for the treatment of superficial pigmented disorders. We studied 5 cases of epidermal nevus treated with the pulsed ruby laser. In comparison with the usual methods including electrocautery, cryotherapy and skin abrasion, ruby laser therapy is an excellent tool due to technological ease and rapid improvement. Depigmentation after treatment in 2 cases was the only side effect of this therapy. Bose cases had a dark pigmentation of the skin. Despite of the risk of discoloration, the ruby laser is one of the most effective tools for therapy of pigmented epidermal nevus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017496:Hypopigmentation / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000537:Aluminum Oxide