METHOD OF SELECTING TACTICS OF TREATING ACTINIC KERATOSIS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B8/08 A61N5/67 A61K47/16 A61P17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to dermatooncology, and can be used in treatment of actinic keratosis. For this purpose foci of disease are identified with further carrying out their US-examination and derma analysis. In case if hypoechogenic zone, occupying from 5% to 30% of entire derma thickness, is present in derma, applications with liquid nitrogen with textile tip are performed. In case if hypoechogenic zone, occupying from 30% to 70% of entire derma thickness, is detected, applications with liquid nitrogen with copper tip or photodynamic therapy with application of photosensitiser are performed. In case if hypoechogenic zone, occupying from 70% to entire derma thickness, is detected, photodynamic therapy with application of photosensitiser is carried out.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to select tactics of treating said pathology in the most accurate way basing not only on clinical manifestations of disease, but also due to taking into account proliferative abilities of cells, which excludes necessity of carrying out tissue biopsy.

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