Treatment of recurrent eyelid margin verruca vulgaris with mitomycin C.
A 62-year-old male presented with multiple bilateral eyelid margin verruca vulgaris. Treatment with surgical excision and cauterization of the bases was done twice, but the lesions recurred rapidly with more extensive involvement of the eyelid margins. Excision and intraoperative application of mitomycin C (0.2 mg/ml) for 3 minutes using Weck-Cel sponges resulted in no recurrence seen at the 8-month follow-up.
Ma'luf
Riad N
RN
Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. rmaluf@cyberia.net.lb
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D012008:Recurrence; D014860:Warts / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin