Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Skin Cancer in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia is an autoimmune disease in which the patients present
a reduction of blood platelets, increasing the risk of bleeding and its complications.
Especially, elderly patients those with neoplasia associated to idiopathic thrombocytopenia
are more likely to severe risks of bleeding.
Here were report a case of an eighty-year-old man with diagnosis of idiopathic
thrombocytopenia and confirmed biopsy of nodular basal cell carcinoma located on the nose.
The use of the standard treatment surgery was not carried in this case due
to risks generated by autoimmune disease.
The success of this case is an important precedent for thousands of patients
with similar conditions. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers are the most prevalent cancer
worldwide and the Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common and with high frequency.
The NMSC are located in the many anatomic sites with high frequency in head and neck
It is estimated that 50% of all BCCs can recur within 10 years.
The surgery is the gold standard for the treatment of BCC. The type of surgery and
the functional capacity of patients identify the risk of this treatment.
Dermatol Open J. 2016; 1(1): 27-29. doi: 10.17140/DRMTOJ-1-108