Treatment of verrucous carcinoma of vulva with acitretin.
We describe a 60-year-old patient with verrucous carcinoma of the vulva, which recurred 6 years after simple vulvectomy and radiotherapy. Treatment with acitretin led to significant improvement and ongoing disease control has been achieved with low-dose maintenance therapy of 10 mg acitretin daily.
Mehta
R K
RK
Departments of Dermatology and Histopathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, U.K.
Rytina
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Sterling
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D017255:Acitretin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
D007641:Keratolytic Agents; D017255:Acitretin