Successful treatment of a keratoacanthoma in a young patient with the application of topical 5% imiquimod cream

Abstract Keratoacanthomas (KA) are epithelial tumors that present as rapidly evolving nodules with a central hyperkeratotic plug and occasionally show signs of spontaneous regression. A 21‐year‐old patient strongly refused the diagnostic biopsy and insisted on a nonsurgical treatment. He was success...

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Autores principales: Kerasia‐Maria Plachouri, Francesk Mulita, Dimitrios Bousis, Levan Tchabashvili, Elias Liolis, Charalampos Kaplanis, Ioannis Perdikaris, Fotios Iliopoulos, Georgios‐Ioannis Verras, Vasilios Tolias, Sophia Georgiou
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Publicado: Wiley 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/811c6b9e80834fbebc1ef89a89bcf8ec
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Sumario:Abstract Keratoacanthomas (KA) are epithelial tumors that present as rapidly evolving nodules with a central hyperkeratotic plug and occasionally show signs of spontaneous regression. A 21‐year‐old patient strongly refused the diagnostic biopsy and insisted on a nonsurgical treatment. He was successfully treated with imiquimod 5% cream.