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Postirradiation angiosarcoma
Author(s) -
STONE HOLDEN N.M., C.A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1997.2050612.x
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , scalp , medicine , radiation therapy , basal cell , dermatology , basal cell carcinoma , pathology , surgery
We describe a patient with angiosarcoma of the scalp arising in an area of radiodermatitis caused by X‐ray epilation therapy for scalp ringworm as a child. Radiotherapy has been well documented as a causative factor in the formation of cutaneous malignancies, most notably basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, but only rarely angiosarcoma. This is now the first reported case of angiosarcoma arising after X‐ray epilation therapy for scalp ringworm, and we postulate a causative link between the two events.