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Treatment of Hyperkeratotic Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus with combination of holmium laser therapy and ALA-PDT:case report.

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A 72-year old woman who has a history of refractory vulvar lichen sclerosus(VLS) was treated with ALA-PDT for 3 times every other week,then holmium laser and ALA-PDT were combined to… Click to show full abstract

A 72-year old woman who has a history of refractory vulvar lichen sclerosus(VLS) was treated with ALA-PDT for 3 times every other week,then holmium laser and ALA-PDT were combined to treat the same areas at a time.Satisfactory result was noted without any unbearable adverse effects.The combination of holmium laser therapy and ALA-PDT may further improve the efficacy with good tolerance of VLS patients.

Keywords: ala pdt; therapy; pdt; holmium laser

Journal Title: Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy
Year Published: 2020

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