title: The treatment of urticaria pigmentosa with the frequency-doubled Q-switch Nd:YAG laser.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bedlow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gharrie
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Harland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007866:Leg; D014582:Urticaria Pigmentosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*