Korean J Dermatol.  2002 Mar;40(3):324-326.

Pulsed Bye Laser Treatment of Anogenital Condyloma Acuminata in a Child

• Ryu HJ
• Kim JW
• Kim GA
• Song HJ
• Oh CH

Abstract

Condyloma acuminata represent a difficult therapeutic challenge, especially to infants and children who are unable to endure the pain during the treatment process. All the conventional treatments including cryotherapy, CO2 laser ablation cause pain and postoperative scars. It may be traumatic mentally to the infants and children as well as physically. Pulsed dye laser has been introduced as the new treatment of verruca. The results of the pulsed dye laser treatment of verruca have been inconsistent. However, it showed many advantages, such as no need for anesthesia, no destruction of collagen tissue, and the fact that mast patients may remain ambulatory. With the experience of our patient treated by pulsed dye laser, we suggest that pulsed dye laser may be an alternative choice of treatment for condyloma acuminala in children and infants with less pain, no scarring, use of simple anesthesia, less difficulty in management of postoperative wound.

Keyword

Condyloma acuminata; Children; Pulsed dye laser

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Child*
Cicatrix
Collagen
Cryotherapy
Humans
Infant
Lasers, Dye
Lasers, Gas
Warts
Wounds and Injuries
Collagen