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Cryotherapy versus imiquimod 5% cream combined with a keratolytic lotion in cutaneous warts in children: A randomized study
- Source :
- Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 27:80-82
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2015.
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Abstract
- Although cutaneous warts are extremely common in children effective treatment does not exist. We combined imiquimod with a salicylic acid solution 15% (SA) on areas, with thick keratin, like palms and soles to increase its penetration through the epithelium.Patients were randomly divided into two groups. The first group was subjected to cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen every two weeks for a maximum of 3 months. The second group was subjected to treatment with imiquimod 5% daily for 6-10 h onto the warts for five consecutive days per week for a maximum of 3 months.Eighty-six children were included, 35 girls and 51 boys, 49 in the cryotherapy group and 37 in the imiquimod and SA group. At the end of the third month no statistically significant difference could be noted between the imiquimod 5% and salicylic acid and cryotherapy groups (p = 0.154). Thirty (81.1%) children treated with imiquimod 5% and salicylic acid were free from their warts in comparison to 33 (67.3%) children treated with cryotherapy.Imiquimod 5% cream as a monotherapy or in combination with SA can be used safely in children with warts and is equally effective and more effective than cryotherapy in plantar warts.Our study is not placebo controlled and spontaneous resolution cannot be ruled out.
- Subjects :
- Male
Imiquimod 5% cream
medicine.medical_specialty
Every Two Weeks
Nitrogen
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Keratolytic
Imiquimod
Cryotherapy
Dermatology
law.invention
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Keratolytic Agents
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
business.industry
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
chemistry
Child, Preschool
Lotion
Aminoquinolines
Female
Warts
Salicylic Acid
business
Salicylic acid
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14711753 and 09546634
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Dermatological Treatment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d82865ecd0da9c8db84d361c251255c9