Cryotherapy of PUVA lentigines

Br J Dermatol. 1996 Dec;135(6):988-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-1108.x.

Abstract

PUVA lentigines do not subside after discontinuation of photochemotherapy. Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen was done on a small area in a patient who presented with numerous PUVA lentigines. Five years after this treatment, the PUVA lentigines had not returned. Cosmetically disturbing PUVA lentigines can be treated with cryotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cryotherapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lentigo / etiology*
  • Lentigo / pathology
  • Lentigo / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • PUVA Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Psoriasis / pathology
  • Psoriasis / therapy
  • Skin / pathology