Treatment of verrucous carcinoma of vulva with acitretin

Br J Dermatol. 2000 Jun;142(6):1195-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03548.x.

Abstract

We describe a 60-year-old patient with verrucous carcinoma of the vulva, which recurred 6 years after simple vulvectomy and radiotherapy. Treatment with acitretin led to significant improvement and ongoing disease control has been achieved with low-dose maintenance therapy of 10 mg acitretin daily.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acitretin / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Keratolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy*
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Keratolytic Agents
  • Acitretin