[Effective treatment of recurrent keratoacanthoma using methotrexate]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1994 Feb 19;138(8):410-3.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

Three patients, two men aged 54 and 72 years, respectively, and a woman aged 52 years, were treated successfully for (recurrence of a) keratoacanthoma with methotrexate. Since the sixties 11 patients with recurrent keratoacanthoma treated with methotrexate have been described. Dose schedules were widely different and dosages were in general high, resulting in more or less severe side effects. The patients now presented were treated according to the Weinstein schedule, with small doses and during a short period, which minimises the adverse effects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Ear, External
  • Female
  • Forehead
  • Humans
  • Keratoacanthoma / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose
  • Recurrence
  • Skin Diseases / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Methotrexate