Adjuvant Effect of Photobiomodulation in the Pain Relief and Healing of Ulcerative Lesions from Mammary Tuberculosis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: This case report describes the use of photobiomodulation (PBM) as a complementary therapy in a 45-year-old patient with mammary tuberculosis (TB). The patient received conventional treatment, including antibiotic therapy and analgesics. Three months after the diagnosis, breast pain persisted (Visual Analog Scale [VAS] score: 8), and the mammary lesions had not healed. Adjuvant treatment with PBM (660 nm and 808 nm lasers, 100 mW, 3,333 mW/cm2, 20 J per session) was performed over 12 sessions in 38 days. After four PBM sessions, the patient reported no pain (VAS score: 0) and stopped using analgesics. Complete healing of the mammary lesions was observed after 12 sessions. The use of PBM was associated with improvements in tissue repair, pain control, and healing of lesions resulting from mammary TB.
Authors: Ellen da Silva, Rodrigo Labat Marcos, Flávia Telles Marques, Ellen Cristina Zamberlan Milan, Flávia Roberta Nagano, Edneia Siquiera, Carolina Coelho Cunha, Thomas Stravinskas Durigon, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Cinthya Cosme Gutierrez Duran
Institution: Universidade Nove de Julho
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4408150435