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CO2 laser vaporization for disfiguring lupus pernio. 2002

H S Young, and R J G Chalmers, and C E M Griffiths, and P J August

The Dermatology Centre, University of Manchester School of Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK. helen_s_young@hotmail.com

Presented in this paper are two cases of longstanding gross and disfiguring lupus pernio of the nose successfully treated by CO2 laser resurfacing Both patients were resistant to previous medical therapy and have had an excellent postoperative cosmetic result.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009668	Nose Diseases	Disorders of the nose, general or unspecified.	Nasal Diseases,Nasal Disorders,Disease, Nasal,Disease, Nose,Diseases, Nasal,Diseases, Nose,Disorder, Nasal,Disorders, Nasal,Nasal Disease,Nasal Disorder,Nose Disease
D002245	Carbon Dioxide	A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals.	Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012507	Sarcoidosis	An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.	Besnier-Boeck Disease,Boeck's Sarcoid,Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Disease,Boeck's Disease,Schaumann Disease,Schaumann Syndrome,Schaumann's Syndrome,Besnier Boeck Disease,Besnier Boeck Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Sarcoid,Boecks Disease,Boecks Sarcoid,Disease, Schaumann,Sarcoid, Boeck's,Sarcoidoses,Schaumann's Syndromes,Syndrome, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann's
D017809	Fatal Outcome	Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept.	Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal
D028022	Low-Level Light Therapy	Treatment using irradiation with light of low power intensity so that the effects are a response to the light and not due to heat. A variety of light sources, especially low-power lasers are used.	LLLT,Laser Biostimulation,Laser Irradiation, Low-Power,Laser Therapy, Low-Level,Photobiomodulation,Laser Phototherapy,Laser Therapy, Low-Power,Low-Level Laser Therapy,Low-Power Laser Irradiation,Low-Power Laser Therapy,Photobiomodulation Therapy,Biostimulation, Laser,Irradiation, Low-Power Laser,Laser Irradiation, Low Power,Laser Therapies, Low-Level,Laser Therapies, Low-Power,Laser Therapy, Low Level,Laser Therapy, Low Power,Light Therapies, Low-Level,Light Therapy, Low-Level,Low Level Laser Therapy,Low Level Light Therapy,Low Power Laser Irradiation,Low Power Laser Therapy,Low-Level Laser Therapies,Low-Level Light Therapies,Low-Power Laser Therapies,Photobiomodulation Therapies,Photobiomodulations,Phototherapy, Laser,Therapies, Low-Level Light,Therapies, Photobiomodulation,Therapy, Low-Level Light,Therapy, Photobiomodulation