Photodynamic therapy-a promising treatment option for autoimmune skin ulcers: a case report

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2007 Nov;6(11):1150-1. doi: 10.1039/b711920h. Epub 2007 Oct 5.

Abstract

We describe a 38-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who developed two symmetric paramalleolar ulcers with similar diameters, depths and borders, that were successfully treated with photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aminolevulinic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / pathology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / complications
  • Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
  • Photochemotherapy*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy*
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology

Substances

  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Aminolevulinic Acid