title: Photodynamic therapy of facial nevus sebaceous.
abstract: A 29-year-old man visited our department with an orange-colored patch on his right cheek. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of nevus sebaceous. As surgical excision was considered too destructive, photodynamic therapy (PDT) was proposed. Sixteen sessions of PDT was performed in total. There was a definitive but transient decrease in sebum production and destruction of the sebaceous glands. Overall, we were not able to achieve long-lasting clinical improvement after PDT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. hazelkimhoho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hei Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Jun Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*