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Valentine Baker, M.D.; Alexander W. Young, Jr.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(5):563-564.

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Lichen planus hypertrophicus—Results of Treatment. Presented by DR. ANTHONY N. DOMONKOS.

Housewife, age 32, was previously presented at this Society with a diagnosis of lichen planus hypertrophicus recalcitrant to all forms of the usual medications. At the meeting a suggestion was made by Dr. Royal Montgomery that the lesions be injected with hydrocortisone. Accordingly, some of the lesions were injected with Meticortelone suspension containing 25 mg. per cubic centimeter. Approximately 0.3 cc. was injected into each one of the lesions. None of the lesions has received more than three injections at intervals of two weeks. Several lesions present tonight have not been treated at all to show better the results of the injection treatment.

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DR. ALEXANDER W. YOUNG JR.: The result is most remarkable. I have had no real treatment for lichen planus hypertrophicus, and in the course of several years have tried most of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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