Successful topical treatment of focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck's disease) with interferon-beta

Br J Dermatol. 2001 May;144(5):1067-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04201.x.

Abstract

We report the successful topical treatment of focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck's disease) with interferon-beta (Fiblaferon gel). Topical treatment with interferon-beta appears to be an effective, simple, non-invasive, cheap and low-risk alternative to other invasive or surgical therapeutic modalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia / drug therapy*
  • Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia / virology
  • Humans
  • Interferon-beta / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Papillomavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Tumor Virus Infections / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Interferon-beta