Laser therapy of verrucous epidermal naevi.
Forty-three patients with verrucous epidermal naevi were treated either with argon-laser coagulation or with carbon-dioxide laser vaporization. With the argon laser, very good to acceptable results could be achieved in 85% of patients with 'soft', papillomatous lesions. In 'hard', keratotic naevi the argon laser proved ineffective. In some of these cases CO2-laser treatment was effective, whereas generally there was a tendency to hypertrophic scar formation with this laser. As other therapeutic modalities for epidermal naevi are either insufficient or not applicable in widespread lesions, we feel that laser treatment is a valuable therapeutic alternative.
Hohenleutner
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Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Landthaler
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000601:surgery*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*