The treatment of urticaria pigmentosa with the frequency-doubled Q-switch Nd:YAG laser.
Urticaria pigmentosa is a chronic benign proliferation of mast cells in the skin that presents considerable cosmetic disability, for which there is no current successful treatment. We describe a 30-year-old woman with urticaria pigmentosa in whom treatment with the Nd:YAG laser produced a significant improvement in the clinical appearance of the eruption, with some recurrence after 9 months. This procedure has not previously been described, and we propose this as a potential new treatment modality for urticaria pigmentosa.
Bedlow
A J
AJ
Department of Dermatology, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
Gharrie
S
S
Harland
C C
CC
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007866:Leg; D014582:Urticaria Pigmentosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*