Abstract

© 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1166 Journal Compilation © 2012 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Imiquimod (AldaraTM, 3M Pharmaceuticals) is a member of the imidazoquinolone family of drugs. It is a topical treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of external genital and perianal warts, non-hypertrophic actinic keratoses in immunocompetent individuals, and superficial basal cell carcinoma (1). Numerous off-label indications have been reported. Lately, imiquimod has been proposed for the treatment of superficial pigmented lesions, such as melanoma in situ and lentigo maligna (LM) (2).

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