Successful Treatment of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus With Roflumilast 0.3% Cream: A Report of Two Cases
Extragenital lichen sclerosus (EGLS) is often resistant to first-line ultrapotent corticosteroids, with few steroid-sparing options available. Topical roflumilast has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an expanding number of indications in dermatology, including plaque psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and, most recently, seborrheic dermatitis. We present two cases of symptomatic EGLS, who both demonstrated clinical improvement using roflumilast 0.3% cream as early as one month of follow-up.
Authors
- Marlene T. Dytoc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-6212)
- Muhammad Khurram Mahmood
- Serena Dienes
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.100823
- Primary Topic
- Genital Health and Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00