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Demographic characteristics and clinical examination of the lesions and regional lymph nodes were retrieved. All patients were subjected to CO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      laser ablation followed by manual dermabrasion and IL 5-FU injection.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mean age was 61.93 \u00b1 9.31 years with male preponderance (62.1%). Trunk (48.3%) was the most frequently involved site. Mean tumor size was 40.8 \u00b1 16.4 mm (range: 15\u201386 mm). All lesions healed with a cure rate of 96.6%. Complications seen in patients included atrophic scarring with persistent post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation in three patients (10.3%), secondary infection in two cases (6.9%), and hypertrophic scar with early keloid in one patient (3.4%). 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