title: Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus: why a combined laser therapy.
abstract: Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) is a benign cutaneous hamartoma, and more precisely an uncommon variant of the verrucous epidermal nevus. In our case report we describe an ILVEN female patient, resistant to previous treatments but responsive to a combined laser therapy, 10,600-nm CO2 laser and Fractional CO2 laser, with good and longstanding results. A complete resolution of the lesion was observed at the 9-month follow-up. The application of lasers has been reported in literature over recent years for resolving ILVEN lesions. Based on our clinical experience, 10,600-nm CO2 pulsed laser therapy seems to be the best treatment and Fractional CO2 laser treatment can be regarded as a very promising technique to combine with CO2 laser for reducing pigment modifications and endowing a more youthful appearance to the treated areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology II, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. rossanaconti@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bruscino
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campolmi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonan
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cannarozzo
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moretti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D054020:Lasers, Gas / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*