Department of Dermatology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine Neoson Imaging Center, Radiology Department of Pathology, Vakif Gureba Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Int J Dermatol. 2011 Aug;50(8):1006-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04843.x.
Recently, ultraviolet (UV) A1 phototherapy has been suggested as an effective treatment for localized scleroderma (LS); however, the optimal dose of UVA1 still has not been determined.
We aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of medium-dose (30 J/cm(2) ) UVA1 phototherapy and to show that 13MHz ultrasound is a valuable tool for assessing the results of UVA1 phototherapy in LS.
Thirty-five patients with LS were treated with medium-dose (30J/cm(2) ) UVA1. In total, 30-45 treatments and 900-1350J/cm(2) cumulative UVA1 doses were evaluated by clinical scoring in all patients. In 14 patients, skin thickness was also determined by 13MHz ultrasound examination.
In all patients, medium-dose UVA1 therapy softened sclerotic plaques, and marked clinical improvement was observed in 29 of 35 (82. 85%) patients. Ultrasound measurements showed that skin thickness was significantly reduced. No side effects were observed during or after treatment.
Medium-dose UVA1 phototherapy is a highly effective, safe, and well-tolerated therapeutic modality for treatment of all types of LS. A 13MHz ultrasound probe may be used for evaluating UVA1 phototherapy results.
最近,紫外线 A1 光疗已被提议作为治疗局限性硬皮病(LS)的有效方法;然而,UVA1 的最佳剂量仍未确定。
我们旨在评估中剂量(30J/cm2)UVA1 光疗的疗效,并表明 13MHz 超声是评估 LS 中 UVA1 光疗结果的一种有价值的工具。
35 例 LS 患者接受中剂量(30J/cm2)UVA1 治疗。在所有患者中,通过临床评分评估了 30-45 次治疗和 900-1350J/cm2 累积 UVA1 剂量。在 14 例患者中,还通过 13MHz 超声检查测量皮肤厚度。
在所有患者中,中剂量 UVA1 治疗使硬化斑块软化,35 例患者中的 29 例(82.85%)观察到明显的临床改善。超声测量显示皮肤厚度显著减少。治疗过程中和治疗后均未观察到不良反应。
中剂量 UVA1 光疗是治疗所有类型 LS 的一种高效、安全且耐受良好的治疗方法。13MHz 超声探头可用于评估 UVA1 光疗效果。