Publication: Immunotherapy with Intralesional Vit D injection in Recalcitrant wart at a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross sectional Study
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aryal, Eliz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhari, Jyoti | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shrestha, Prashanna Raj | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-12T06:27:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-12T06:27:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | Eliz Aryal Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu Nepal Jyoti Bhari Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu Nepal Prashanna Raj Shrestha Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Introduction: Recalcirant warts are resistant to conventional therapeutic option with high recurrence rate. In recent year, treatment of warts with different immunotherapeutic agent has shown good results, as it regulate epidermal cell proliferation and are involved in the formation of anti microbial peptides. Hence, this study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of immunotherapy with intralesional vitamin D in wart. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 January 2021 to 2 February 2023 at Kathmandu Medical College after approval from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 0110202002). Ninety - two patients with recalcitrant wart of varying sizes and duration were included in the study. Injection vitamin D ( 600000 IU, 15mg/ ml) was injected about (0.2-0.5 ml) to the base of the wart. Maximum of five warts were injected per month, and was repeated after 4 weeks for 3 sessions. Results: Among 92 patient, complete response was seen in 70 patient (76.08%), partial response was seen in 17 patients ( 18.47%) and 5 patient(5.43%)showed no response. Mild pain as observed at the time of injection. Signs of hypervitaminosis D was not observed. Conclusions: Intralesional administration of Vitamin D is an effective treatment option for reclacitrant warts and is, highly effective, cost-efficient, with minimal adverse effects, and can be perfomed in our clinical set up | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8614 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/1467 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.title | Immunotherapy with Intralesional Vit D injection in Recalcitrant wart at a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross sectional Study | |
| dc.type | Other | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 381 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 378 | |
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