The efficacy of 20% salicylic acid solution versus intralesional MMR vaccine combination with 20% salicylic acid solution in treatment of plane wart

Banu Muhammed Jaza  Noori; Ali Mozan Dhahir  Elethawi

doi:10.56056/amj.2024.280

Authors

Banu Muhammed Jaza Noori Dermatology trainee, Sulaymaniyah Dermatology Teaching Hospital, KRG, Iraq.
Ali Mozan Dhahir Elethawi Professor of Dermatology , Consultant Dermatologist , ,Dermatology department / College of medicine/ Sulaymaniyah University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56056/amj.2024.280

Keywords:

Chemical peel, MMR vaccine, plane wart, salicylic acid

Abstract

Background and objectives: Plane wart treatment is challenging; modalities such as cauterization and cryotherapy having a great probability to recur, as well as the risk of scarring, discomfort, and expensive costs. The goal of this study is to compare the efficacy of salicylic acid 20% superficial chemical peel alone to topical salicylic acid solution 20% combined with intralesional measles mumps rubella vaccine.

Methods: A therapeutic clinical trial conducted in outpatient department of “Shahid Nabaz Dermatology Teaching Center” a period from March to September of 2022.Fifty participants with plane wart were enrolled in this study, 27 female and 23 male. The participants were randomly divided into two groups, group- A 25 patients, received topical 20% salicylic acid solution with intralesional measles-mumps- rubella vaccine. Group B, received topical 20% salicylic acid solution alone. The total number of therapeutic sessions was six, and the solution was applied every two weeks and the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine was injected every fortnightly. Every two weeks, the effectiveness of the treatment was assessed by counting the number of lesions.

Result: Group A patients who were treated with intralesional measles mumps-rubella-vaccine combined with topical 20% salicylic acid solution showed complete clearance (24/25) with six sessions .group B patients treated with topical 20% salicylic acid solutions showed clearance (14/25) with six sessions. Lesions were significantly fewer in Group-A, which was statistically significant.

Conclusion: The intralesional measles mumps-rubella-vaccine combination with 20% topical salicylic acid solution and the 20% salicylic acid solution alone were both effective in clearing plane warts, however, intralesional measles mumps-rubella-vaccine combination with 20% topical salicylic acid solution can achieve higher response with fewer sessions .

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