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Cryosurgery for Common Benign Lesions

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Benign lesions are the most commonly treated lesions by those who perform cryosurgery; most of treated lesions include seborrheic keratosis, lentigo simplex molluscum, and warts. The versatility of this technique has extended its use to other conditions that range from keloids and leishmaniasis to anecdotal uses as in alopecia areata and granuloma annular.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Militar Carlos Arvelo, Caracas, Venezuela

    Miguel Alejandro Lopez Blanco MD

  2. Department of Cryosurgery, Hospital Andreas Syggros, Athens, Greece

    Anthony Panagiotopoulos MD

  3. Department of Dermatology, Pius Hospital de Valls, 43800, Tarragona, Spain

    Paola Pasquali MD

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Blanco, M.A.L., Panagiotopoulos, A., Pasquali, P. (2015). Cryosurgery for Common Benign Lesions. In: Pasquali, P. (eds) Cryosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43939-5_8

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