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Systemic acitretin in the management of periocular squamous cell carcinoma
Haoyu Wang1, Bashar Bata2,3, Zanna Currie1
1Ophthalmology Department, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Abstract:
We report a case of periocular squamous cell carcinoma invading the anterior orbit that significantly reduced in size and regressed from invasive to in situ following treatment with oral acitretin, a second-generation retinoid. The residual in situ disease was then successfully treated with cryotherapy and the patient remains in remission 12 months following cessation of systemic acitretin.
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