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Multiple basal cell carcinomas and malignant melanoma following radiotherapy for ankylosing spondylitis
Author(s) -
Beswick S. J.,
Garrido M. C.,
Fryer A. A.,
Strange R. C.,
Smith A. G.
Publication year - 2000
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.1365-2230.2000.00668.x
Subject(s) - ankylosing spondylitis , basal cell carcinoma , medicine , radiation therapy , malignancy , melanoma , psoriasis , dermatology , pathology , oncology , basal cell , cancer research
We present the case of a 53‐year‐old Caucasian woman with seven basal cell carcinomas and one malignant melanoma in situ along her back overlying her spine, which was irradiated in 1968 for ankylosing spondylitis. These lesions developed between 1997 and 1999. She has no other known risk factors for cutaneous malignancy, in particular no history of excessive sun exposure. She has skin type 2. Molecular studies of glutathione S‐transferase and cytochrome P450 status showed her genotype not to constitute an overall increased inherited susceptibility. We therefore postulate that all her skin cancers have arisen as a consequence of her radiotherapy. To our knowledge this is the first case of multiple basal cell carcinoma in addition to a malignant melanoma following radiotherapy for benign disease.