[Photodynamic therapy of cutaneous leishmaniasis. A promising new therapeutic modality].
We report about a 19-year-old Turkish patient who presented with cutaneous leishmaniasis after a holiday in Turkey. Cutaneous leishmaniasis often heals spontaneously leading to life-long immunity, but it can persist and lead to extensive scarring. In the literature, many therapeutic modalities have been reported; however, they can be accompanied by severe side effects. In our patient, photodynamic therapy resulted in healing of the lesion with only slight hypopigmentation.
Gardlo
K
K
Hautklinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
Hanneken
S
S
Ruzicka
T
T
Neumann
N J
NJ
D000328:Adult; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
C475457:methyl 5-aminolevulinate; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid