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Treatment of condylomata acuminata with oral isotretinoin
D Tsambaos1, S Georgiou, A Monastirli
1Department of Dermatology, University of Patras, Greece.
Purpose:
The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral isotretinoin in the treatment of condylomata acuminata.
Materials And Methods:
A total of 56 male patients with a history of condylomata acuminata refractory to at least 1 standard therapeutic regimen was treated orally with isotretinoin (1 mg./kg. daily) during a 3-month period.
Results:
At the end of treatment 21 of the 53 evaluated patients (39.6%) had complete response, 7 (13.2%) had partial response and 25 (47.1%) had no response. A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between age and area of treated lesions and response to medication. Two complete responders (9.5%) revealed recurrence during the 1-year followup.
Conclusions:
Oral isotretinoin may be regarded as an effective, fairly well tolerated and noninvasive alternative form of therapy for immature and small condylomata acuminata.