Ultrasonic scalpel associated with photodynamic therapy in the treatment of refractory vulvar condyloma acuminatum

Valter Fausto Dos Santos; Ian Carlos de Barros; Semira Silva de Arruda; Hilde Harb Buzza; Natalia Mayumi Inada; Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato; Mirian Denise Stringasci

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103944

Ultrasonic scalpel associated with photodynamic therapy in the treatment of refractory vulvar condyloma acuminatum

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2024 Feb:45:103944. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103944. Epub 2023 Dec 19.

Authors

Valter Fausto Dos Santos¹, Ian Carlos de Barros², Semira Silva de Arruda³, Hilde Harb Buzza⁴, Natalia Mayumi Inada⁵, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato⁶, Mirian Denise Stringasci⁷

Affiliations

¹ Interunit Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
² Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
³ Interunit Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Institute of Physics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.
⁵ Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, TX, USA.
⁷ Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: mirianstringasci@gmail.com.

PMID: 38128640
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103944

Abstract

This is a case report of a patient with vulvar condyloma acuminatum associated with hyperkeratosis and folliculitis, which had been refractory to two previous therapies. The patient had been successfully treated using a combination of promising techniques: the ultrasonic scalpel and MAL photodynamic therapy.

Keywords: Condyloma acuminatum; Human papilloma virus; MAL; Photodynamic therapy; Ultrasonic scalpel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Condylomata Acuminata* / drug therapy
Humans
Photochemotherapy* / methods
Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use
Ultrasonics

Substances

Photosensitizing Agents