Open AccessA case of angiokeratoma circumscriptum of the tongue: Response with carbon dioxide and pulsed dye laser
Author(s) -
Hemanta Kumar Kar,
Lipy Gupta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.91255
Subject(s) - medicine , carbon dioxide laser , tongue , angiokeratoma , dermatology , pulsed laser , lesion , dye laser , laser , surgery , pathology , optics , laser surgery , physics
Solitary angiokeratoma circumscriptum (AC) of the tongue is a rare entity. We present a case of solitary AC over the ventral surface of the tongue present for 3 years. The patient was treated with a combination of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and pulsed dye laser (PDL). There was more than 75% improvement in the lesion after treating with alternate sessions of CO(2) and PDL.