The patient with alopecia totalis was administered OMP, the patient with alopecia universalis received OMP with PUVA, while all others were treated with intralesional injections of triamcinolone acetonide (5 mg/ml) or topical therapy.
They treated the case with cream PUVA which resulted in improvement of burning sensations and partial remission of LP.14 Wollina et al.14 also reported a 42-year-old woman with relapsing papulonodular lesions on the limbs and the trunk for last 18 years.
Fibrosis of the skin is treated with daily doses of PUVA (photochemotherapy) 0.25 J/[cm.sup.2] or 0.4 J/[cm.sup.2] for 3 to 8 weeks (total doses between 3.5 J/[cm.sup.2] and 9.6 J/[cm.sup.2]); this results in improvements in hand closure, skin sclerosis index, and flexion of fingers or knee joints.
Treament with PUVA (psoralen + UVA treatment) was considered, however, at a three-month follow-up with her primary care doctor, her psoriasis was resolving, and at one-year follow-up, it was completely resolved.
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