Radiation and Hyperthermia Combination Therapy for Recalcitrant Verruca Vulgaris.

Radiation and Hyperthermia Combination Therapy for Recalcitrant Verruca Vulgaris. Skinmed. 2019;17(1):68-71 Authors: Steinweg SA, Groleau PF, Choi E, Snider J, Amin P, Vujaskovic Z, Gaspari AA Abstract A 47-year-old white woman presented to our clinic complaining of recalcitrant warts on her trunk and extremities. She had an extensive past medical history including immunodeficiency of unknown origin, pulmonary hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, for which she was being treated with chronic immunosuppressive therapy with methylprednisolone and belimumab. The patient had previously failed treatments at an outside facility with liquid nitrogen, trichloroacetic acid, topical cidofovir, imiquimod, topical 5-fluorouracil, intralesional candida antigen, pulsed-dye laser (Vbeam Perfecta), surgical excision, and photodynamic therapy. (SKINmed. 2019;17:68-71). PMID: 30888954 [PubMed - in process]
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