Intense pulsed light treatment of persistent facial hypermelanosis following drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12 II, 2004, Pages 1522-1525

  Paquet, Philippe ^a,b   Piérard, Gêrald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT TREATMENT; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE NARROW BAND REMITTANCE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SAFETY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 11144221885     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30567.x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Fritsch O, Sidoroff A. Drug-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/ toxic epidermal necrolysis. Am J Clin Dermatol 2000;1:349-60.
2. Meneux E, Wolkenstein P, Haddad B, et al. Vulvovaginal involvement in toxic epidermal necrolysis: a retrospective study of 40 cases. Obstet Gynecol 1998;91:283-7.
3. Sheridan RL, Schulz JT, Ryan CM, et al. Long-term consequences of toxic epidermal necrolysis in children. Pediatrics 2002;109:74-8.
4. Paquet P, Arrese JE, Greimers R, Pierard GE. Eruptive speckled melanocytic naevi following drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. Eur J Dermatol 1995;5:379-82.
5. Piérard GE. EEMCO guidance for the assessment of skin colour. J Eur Acad Dermatol Vener 1998;10:1-11.
6. Nordlund JJ. Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. Dermatol Clin 1988;6:185-92.
7. Tomita Y, Maeda K, Tagami H. Mechanisms for hyperpigmentation in post-inflammatory pigmentation, urticaria pigmentosa and sunburn. Dermatologica 1989;179:S49-S53.
8. Manaka I, Kadono S, Kawashima M, et al. The mechanism of hyperpigmentation in seborrhoeic keratosis involves the high expression of endothelin-converting enzyme 1α and TNF-α, which stimulate secretion of endothelin 1. Br J Dermatol 2001;145: 895-903.
9. Lerner L, Quresh AA, Reddy BV, Lerner EA. Nitric oxide synthase in toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. J Invest Dermatol 2000;114:196-9.
10. Ferguson CA, Kidson SH. The regulation of tyrosinase gene transcription. Pigment Cell Res 1997;10:127-38.
11. Tyack ZF, Pegg S, Ziviani J. Postburn dyspigmentation: its assessment, management, and relationship to scarring: a review of the literature. J Burn Care Rehabil 1997;18:435-40.
12. Epstein JH. Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. Clin Dermatol 1989;7:55-65.
13. Piérard GE, Arrese Estrada J, Piérard-Franchimont C, Deleixhe-Mauhin F. Is there a link between dendrocytes, fibrosis and sclerosis? Dermatologica 1990;181:264-5.
14. Kopera D, Hohenleutner U. Ruby laser treatment of melasma and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. Dermatol Surg 1995;21:994.
15. Goldman MP. Postsclerotherapy hyperpigmentation: treatment with a flashlamp-excited pulsed dye laser. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1992;18:417-22.
16. Dierickx C, Goldman MP, Fitzpatrick RE. Laser treatment of erythematous/hypertrophic and pigmented scars in 26 patients. Plast Reconstr Surg 1995;95:84-90.
17. Tafazzoli A, Rostan EF, Goldman MP. Q-switched ruby laser treatment for postsclerotherapy hyperpigmentation. Dermatol Surg 2000;26:653-6.
18. Raulin C, Hellwig S, Schonermark MP. Hyperpigmented burn injuries of the face: treatment with the Q-switched ruby laser. Plast Reconstr Surg 1997;99:265-6.
19. Taylor CR, Anderson RR. Ineffective treatment of refractory melasma and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation by Q-switched ruby laser. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1994;20:592-7.
20. Gold MH, Foster TD, Bell MW. Nevus spilus successfully treated with intense pulsed light source. Dermatol Surg 1999;25:254-5.
21. Bjerring P, Christiansen K. Intense pulsed light source for treatment of small melanocytic nevi and solar lentigines. J Cutan Laser Ther 2000;2:177-81.
22. Moreno-Arias GA, Ferrando J. Intense pulsed light for melanocytic lesions. Dermatol Surg 2001;27:397-400.
23. Negishi K, Wakamatsu S, Kushikata N, et al. Full-face photorejuvenation of photodamaged skin by intense pulsed light with integrated contact cooling: initial experiences in Asian patients. Lasers Surg Med 2002;30:298-305.
24. Kawada A, Shiraishi H, Asai M, et al. Clinical improvement of solar lentigines and ephelides with an intense pulsed light source. Dermatol Surg 2002;28:504-8.
25. Kawada A, Asai M, Kameyama H, et al. Videomicroscopic and histopathological investigation of intense pulsed light therapy for solar lentigines. J Dermatol Sci 2002;29:91-6.
26. Ho WS, Chan H, Ying SY, et al. Prospective study on treatment of postburn hyperpigmentation by intense pulsed light. Lasers Surg Med 2003;32:42-5.