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Circumscribed scleroderma induced by postlumpectomy radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Trattner Akiva,
Figer Arye,
David Michael,
Lurie Hedwig,
Sandbank Miriam
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19911115)68:10<2131::aid-cncr2820681007>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - morphea , medicine , radiation therapy , lumpectomy , localized scleroderma , dermatology , scleroderma (fungus) , radiation injury , pathology , radiology , lichen sclerosus , mastectomy , breast cancer , cancer , inoculation
A 57‐year‐old woman who had undergone a lumpectomy for infiltrating duct cell carcinoma of the right breast was found to have morphea after receiving radiation therapy. The morphea occurred at the site of the irradiated field. It is suggested that the irradiation served as a provoking factor and that the morphea might be an isomorphic response to the trauma of the irradiation. Cancer 68:2131–2133.