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LOCALIZED ACNEIFORM ERUPTION FOLLOWING COBALT IRRADIATION
Author(s) -
STEIN KENNETH M.,
LEYDEN JAMES J.,
GOLDSCHMIDT HERBERT
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1972.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , classics , history
Summary.— A woman aged 45 developed a severe dense eruption of open and closed comedones and follicular cysts, confined to the irradiated sites, 5 months following deep cobalt teletherapy for a mediastinal lesion. Histological study revealed typical open and closed comedones, ruptured follicular cysts with surrounding foreign body reaction, and features of steatocystoma. It is postulated that the severe acneiform eruption reflects the interaction of multiple acneigenic factors in which cobalt irradition served to localize the response.