title: Photodynamic therapy-a promising treatment option for autoimmune skin ulcers: a case report.
abstract: We describe a 38-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who developed two symmetric paramalleolar ulcers with similar diameters, depths and borders, that were successfully treated with photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT).
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano and Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. stefania.motta@humanitas.it
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid