Photodynamic therapy in actinic cheilitis: clinical and anatomopathological evaluation of 19 patients Tratamento de queilite actínica com terapia fotodinâmica: avaliação clínica e anatomopatológica de 19 pacientes

BACKGROUND: Actinic cheilitis, a common disease caused by chronic solar exposure and tobacco use, is considered a premalignant lesion with potential to develop into squamous cell carcinoma. Some of the available treatments are invasive, have unaesthetic results and require multiple sessions. OBJECTI...

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Main Authors: Camila Ferrari Ribeiro, Fernanda Homem de Mello de Souza, Juliana Merheb Jordão, Letícia Cortes Haendchen, Lismary Mesquita, Juliano Vilaverde Schmitt, Luciana Lisboa Faucz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2012-06-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962012000300011