A Prospective Comparative Study of Efficacy of Intralesional Bleomycin Injection with Intralesional 5-FU Injection in Resistant Palmo-Plantar Warts
Prasoon Sachan, Santosh Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar Pandey, Anil Kumar Gupta, Raj Kumar- General Materials Science
Background:
Treating of recalcitrant viral verrucae either individually or in combination is inconvenient and frustrating both for patients and treating physician. There is no treatment, which is 100% effective for warts.
Objectives:
To compare the use of intralesional 5-flourouracil and intralesional bleomycin with respect to efficacy and side effects in treatment of recalcitrant palmo-plantar verrucae.
Materials and Methods:
A prospective comparative study was conducted toassess the eeficacy of intralesional bleomycin injection with intralesional 5-Fluoro Uracil (FU) in resistant palmo-plantar warts.
Results:
Intralesional bleomycin was found to be more efficacious than intralesional 5-FU in treatment of recalcitrant palmo-plantar warts however much more side effects were noted in intralesional bleomycin than intralesional 5-FU. None of the side-effects were found to be life threatening. Moreover 5-FU is cheaper and easily procurable than injection bleomycin.
Conclusion:
Both intralesional bleomycin and 5-FU injections can be safely used in the treatment of recalcitrant palmo-plantar verrucae.