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Cryotherapy for lentigo maligna
Author(s) -
COLLINS PAUL,
ROGERS SARAH,
GOGGIN MARTINA,
MANNING WINNIE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb01229.x
Subject(s) - cryotherapy , lentigo maligna , dermatology , medicine , lentigo maligna melanoma , surgery , melanoma , cancer research
Summary Eleven patients, 10 with lentigo maligna (LM) and one with lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM), were treated with cryotherapy. The symptoms cleared in all patients except one with LM. There were recurrences in four patients and three cleared with further treatment.