Daylight photodynamic therapy as a treatment for actinic field change in patients diagnosed with oculocutaneous albinism in sub-Saharan Africa
Emily Twigg,
Elizabeth Roberts,
Andrew Sharp
et al.
Abstract:Background
Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetically inherited condition, whereby melanin is reduced or absent in the skin. A lack of melanin predisposes patients to actinic damage and skin malignancies. In Tanzania, a resource-limited country, the treatment of choice for pre-cancerous skin lesions is cryotherapy.
Objectives
To investigate whether daylight PDT is a safe and well-tolerated treatment for actinic field chan… Show more
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