Successful Treatment of Lower Extremity Telangiectasias Using 585-nm Pulsed-Dye Laser at Low Fluence Combined With Optical Coherence Tomography: A Case Report
Rajabi-Estarabadi, A.; Zheng, C.; Williams, N.; Smith, S.C..; Nouri, K.; Kirsner, R.S..
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology Jdd 18(11): 1180-1182
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1545-9616 PMID: 31741363 Document Number: 699969
Background: Significant advances have been made in using lasers and intense pulse light sources to treat common vascular lesions such as telangiectasias. However, the treatment of leg telangiectasia, specifically, is more challenging because it involves the clearing of smaller veins as well as the larger feeding veins. The latest guidelines recommend use of short wavelength pulse-dyed lasers (PDL) as an option to treat telangiectasia cases that are unresponsive to sclerotherapy.