Woringer–Kolopp (localized pagetoid reticulosis) treated with topical photodynamic therapy (PDT)
Woringer–Kolopp (localized pagetoid reticulosis) treated with topical photodynamic therapy (PDT)
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采用局部光动力疗法 (PDT) 治疗 Woringer-Kolopp(局部佩吉样网状组织增生症)
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01783.x
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发表时间:
2005
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
S. Ibbotson
中科院分区:
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作者:
L. Berroeta;M. Lewis‐Jones;A. Evans;S. Ibbotson
but with some hypopigmentation. The donor area showed partial depigmentation as a result of Koebnerization (Fig. 1c). She was given oral Methoxsalen 20 mg three times a week with sun exposure for recipient and donor areas. She was reexamined in August 2000. The recipient area darkened to match the surrounding skin (Fig. 1b). Treatment for the donor area had to be continued for 3 months more for full recovery. She was last followed up in 2002 and had retained the pigment at both recipient and donor sites. Koebner’s phenomenon is defined as the development of vitiligo macules at the site of specific trauma such as a cut, burn or abrasion. Epidemiological studies indicate that it occurs in a majority of patients ranging from 21% to more than 60%. It is common in progressive vitiligo and is also observed in unilateral vitiligo. We present a rare event in which in spite of Koebnerization of the donor site with vitiligo, the recipient area re-pigmented completely in one patient and a second patient achieved 70% repigmentation. It is difficult to explain this in stable segmental vitiligo. Various questions arise from this observation. Though clinically and histologically, pigmented skin at the distant site appears normal, under close scrutiny histological variations are observed in the normal appearing, pigmented skin. Therefore, pigmented skin of patients with vitiligo may not be as healthy as previously assumed. Does this observation apply to segmental vitiligo, which is considered to be of neural pathology and supposed to be localized? Can the lesions of segmental vitiligo be pathologically active, in spite of clinical stability? A coordinated research conducted by a clinician and a scientist may be able to find answers to these questions.