Necrobiosis lipoidica treated with intense pulsed light

  • Marisa Gonzaga da Cunha Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • Flavia Cury Rezende Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • Ana Lúcia Gonzaga da Cunha Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil,
  • Carlos D'Apparecida Machado Filho Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/jsd.v6.i2.65
Keywords: necrobiosis lipoidica, treatment, intense pulsed light

Abstract

Necrobiosis Lipoidica (NL) is a chronic degenerative disease of the collagen with higher incidence on the anterior part of lower extremities, especially the tibial area. There were a number of proposed treatments, but none is 100% effective. We present a case of a fifty-year-old female patient with a suspected diagnosis of necrobiosis    lipoidica, confirmed by histopathological examination. After two years of treatment with topical corticosteroids and weekly applications of Psoralen and ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA), there were no signs of improvement and we  decided to perform a treatment with intense pulsed light therapy. Over a period of 14 months, a total of 13 sessions were carried out and a satisfactory treatment result was obtained.

Author Biographies

Marisa Gonzaga da Cunha, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Chief of department of Cosmiatric Dermatology in Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
Flavia Cury Rezende, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Senior resident of Dermatology in Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
Ana Lúcia Gonzaga da Cunha, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil,
Former resident in plastic surgery in Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Carlos D'Apparecida Machado Filho, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Chief of Department of Dermatology in Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

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Published
2021-04-21
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021)
Section
Case Reports

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