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Radiodermatitis
Author(s) -
Okazaki Michiharu,
Kikuchi Ichiro,
Narita Hiromi,
Ogata Katsumi,
Inoue Shouhei
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1986.tb02955.x
Subject(s) - radiodermatitis , medicine , radiation therapy , atypia , dermatology , pathology , surgery
Between November of 1977 and April of 1985, 15 cases of acute radiodermatitis and 28 cases of chronic radiodermatitis were studied at Miyazaki Medical College. All cases of acute radiodermatitis were preceded by malignancies and radiotherapy; 17 cases of chronic radiodermatitis were seen after radiotherapy for benign conditions and 7 cases were seen after radiotherapy for malignant conditions. The other 4 cases of chronic radiodermatitis were of occupational origin. Chronic radiodermatitis studied histologically in 23 cases revealed the following findings; atypia in the epidermis in 9 cases (poikilodermatous lesions showed the least atypia), intraepidermal carcinoma in 6 cases, squamous cell carcinoma in 7 cases, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma in one case.