Management of Extramammary Paget's Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Extramammary Paget's Disease (EMPD) is a rare condition of the skin that often involves the vulva, perianal region, scrotum, penis, and axilla. Although prognosis is generally favorable, it can be associated with neoplasms of the bladder, urethra, prostate, and rectum. This report presents a ca...

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Autores principales: Guerra, Rosa, Misra, Subhasis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/436390
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description Extramammary Paget's Disease (EMPD) is a rare condition of the skin that often involves the vulva, perianal region, scrotum, penis, and axilla. Although prognosis is generally favorable, it can be associated with neoplasms of the bladder, urethra, prostate, and rectum. This report presents a case of scrotal EMPD that failed treatment with imiquimod 5% cream and discusses benefits and complications of available treatment options. The variation of treatment success emphasizes the importance of further research.
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spelling pubmed-38481952013-12-12 Management of Extramammary Paget's Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Guerra, Rosa Misra, Subhasis Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Extramammary Paget's Disease (EMPD) is a rare condition of the skin that often involves the vulva, perianal region, scrotum, penis, and axilla. Although prognosis is generally favorable, it can be associated with neoplasms of the bladder, urethra, prostate, and rectum. This report presents a case of scrotal EMPD that failed treatment with imiquimod 5% cream and discusses benefits and complications of available treatment options. The variation of treatment success emphasizes the importance of further research. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3848195/ /pubmed/24349803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/436390 Text en Copyright © 2013 R. Guerra and S. Misra. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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