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Photodynamic therapy of facial nevus sebaceous
Author(s) -
Kim Hei Sung,
Jun Ji Hoon,
Lee Jun Young
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
photodermatology, photoimmunology and photomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.736
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1600-0781
pISSN - 0905-4383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00489.x
Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , medicine , dermatology , cheek , nevus , biopsy , sebaceous gland , skin biopsy , surgery , radiology , pathology , melanoma , chemistry , organic chemistry , cancer research
A 29‐year‐old man visited our department with an orange‐colored patch on his right cheek. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of nevus sebaceous. As surgical excision was considered too destructive, photodynamic therapy (PDT) was proposed. Sixteen sessions of PDT was performed in total. There was a definitive but transient decrease in sebum production and destruction of the sebaceous glands. Overall, we were not able to achieve long‐lasting clinical improvement after PDT.