Successful treatment of a keratoacanthoma in a young patient with the application of topical 5% imiquimod cream | Zendy

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Successful treatment of a keratoacanthoma in a young patient with the application of topical 5% imiquimod cream

Author(s) -

Plachouri KerasiaMaria,

Mulita Francesk,

Bousis Dimitrios,

Tchabashvili Levan,

Liolis Elias,

Kaplanis Charalampos,

Perdikaris Ioannis,

Iliopoulos Fotios,

Verras GeorgiosIoannis,

Tolias Vasilios,

Georgiou Sophia

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4920

Subject(s) - imiquimod , medicine , keratoacanthoma , dermatology , biopsy , incisional biopsy , surgery , pathology , basal cell

Keratoacanthomas (KA) are epithelial tumors that present as rapidly evolving nodules with a central hyperkeratotic plug and occasionally show signs of spontaneous regression. A 21‐year‐old patient strongly refused the diagnostic biopsy and insisted on a nonsurgical treatment. He was successfully treated with imiquimod 5% cream.

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