Postsurgical hypertrophic scars after nonmelanoma skin cancer surgical excision: clinical and confocal microscopy outcomes of topical 5-fluorouracil in an adjuvant setting

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2023 Jul 7;48(7):800-802. doi: 10.1093/ced/llad110.

Authors

Emi Dika^{1

2}, Martina Mussi^{1

2}, Martina Lambertini^{1

2}, Sabina Vaccari^{1

2}, Carlotta Baraldi^{1

2}, Elena Campione³, Biagio Scotti^{1

2}, Bor Hrvatin Stancic⁴, Corrado Zengarini^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Dermatologic Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
⁴ Department of Dermatovenerology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia.

PMID: 37017028
DOI: 10.1093/ced/llad110

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* / pathology
Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
Humans
Keloid* / pathology
Microscopy, Confocal
Skin / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery

Substances

Fluorouracil
Adjuvants, Immunologic