Systemic 5-fluorouracil producing an inflammatory response in porokeratosis

✍ Scribed by WK Nahm; KG Donohue; JF Danahy; E Badiavas; V Falanga

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 140 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0926-9959
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00575.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

Topical 5‐fluorouracil has been used as an effective treatment for porokeratosis. Upon its treatment, an inflammatory effect occurs with the topical 5‐fluorouracil. We report a case of a patient with disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis displaying a comparable inflammatory process following therapy with systemic 5‐fluorouracil used to manage a metastatic breast cancer.