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Successful treatment of extragenital lichen sclerosus with narrow-band UVB phototherapy
| Resumo: | Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by progressive epidermal atrophy and hypopigmentation, usually affecting the anogenital area. Patients may also present with extragenital lesions,though only 6% of LS cases are isolated to extragenital skin. Extragenital lichen sclerosus (EGLS) can be localized or widespread. Given the rare nature of extragenital-only forms of LS, there are limited reports on this entity. Here, we report a patient with widespread EGLS treated successfully with narrowband UV-B (NB-UVB) phototherapy. |
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| Autores principais: | Sun, Lanyu |
| Outros Autores: | De Sousa, Diogo; De Vasconcelos, Pedro; Fernandes, Sonia; Filipe, Paulo |
| Assunto: | Narrow band UVB radiation Phototherapy Extragenital lichen sclerosus Dermatology |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by progressive epidermal atrophy and hypopigmentation, usually affecting the anogenital area. Patients may also present with extragenital lesions,though only 6% of LS cases are isolated to extragenital skin. Extragenital lichen sclerosus (EGLS) can be localized or widespread. Given the rare nature of extragenital-only forms of LS, there are limited reports on this entity. Here, we report a patient with widespread EGLS treated successfully with narrowband UV-B (NB-UVB) phototherapy. |
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