Cellulitis Secondary to Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy: Case Report and Literature Review.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy is a commonly used technique to treat a wide variety of dermatologic conditions including actinic keratoses, non-melanoma skin cancers, verrucae, and seborrheic keratoses. The risks associated with liquid nitrogen cryotherapy are important to know and discuss with patients prior to treatment. OBJECTIVE:We report a case of cellulitis secondary to liquid nitrogen cryotherapy for actinic keratosis. We sought to review the literature for an estimate of secondary infection rates following cryotherapy treatment. METHODS:We searched Pubmed using the terms cryotherapy and infection or cellulitis. We then looked at articles classified as clinical trials where cryotherapy was used to treat skin conditions. We then selected clinical trials that listed cellulitis or infection as an adverse event. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:There were no case reports, case series, or review articles detailing the risk of infection from liquid nitrogen cryotherapy. We found 8 articles classified as clinical trials on Pubmed that did list infection as an adverse event. The risk of infection from these studies varied from approximately 2% to 30%. There was a great degree of heterogeneity in treatment sites, length of treatment, and treatment targets. While it is difficult to determine the true incidence of infection from liquid nitrogen cryotherapy, clinicians should endeavor to inform patients of this potential risk.

journal_name

J Cutan Med Surg

authors

Huang CM,Lu EY,Kirchhof MG

doi

10.1177/1203475417702152

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-07-01 00:00:00

pages

334-338

issue

4

eissn

1203-4754

issn

1615-7109

journal_volume

21

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