Dergiler / ENTcase / 2019 / Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 4

COMBINATION THERAPY OF SHAVE EXCISION, INTRALESIONALSTEROID INJECTION, AND TOPICAL IMIQUIMOD IN THETREATMENT OF EAR KELOID

Süha ERTUĞRUL,Habibullah AKTAŞ,Gökşen ERTUĞRUL

Dergi
ENTcase
Sayfa
155–158
DOI
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Özet

Keloids are benign proliferative lesions caused byabnormal healing. Treatment of keloids is verydifficult due to high recurrence rates. In keloids, thereare many treatment modalities that can vary accordingto lesion size, localization, and previous interventions.A 17-year-old female patient presented with aposterior ear keloid that developed after pearcing intoher ear. The shaving excision was treated with a triplecombination consisting of single session intralesionalsteroidinjectionanddailytopicalimiquimodapplication for six weeks. Within one year, a verygood response was obtained without recurrence or anyside effect.

COMBINATION THERAPY OF SHAVE EXCISION, INTRALESIONALSTEROID INJECTION, AND TOPICAL IMIQUIMOD IN THETREATMENT OF EAR KELOID — AJindex