title: [Medical indications for laser therapy in dermatology].
abstract: Laser therapy in dermatology is often associated with cosmetic procedures. However, nowadays laser therapy has become a treatment modality for many dermatological diseases. We present three cases of patients with different dermatological diseases that are highly therapy-resistant. The first case is a 19-year-old man with multiple angiofibromas in the face, who was treated with ablative laser therapy. We also administered ablative laser therapy to a 64-year-old man with a big tumourous nose due to granuloma faciale, who had already tried multiple treatment options without result. Finally, a 69-year-old woman with extensive neurofibromas in the face, which had been considered untreatable, was successfully treated with ablative laser therapy. We would like to show the extensive therapeutical options of laser therapy for difficult-to-treat dermatological diseases.
authors.affiliation: Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, afd. Dermatologie, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Sebastiaan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Prens
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Martijn B A
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: van Doorn
authors.forename: Errol P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Prens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000601:surgery; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult